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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did God allow Ivan to decide?

2. Where is Khoma from?

3. Who appears at the wedding but quickly disappears?

4. What is said that Peter's parents died from?

5. Why does Katerina fear the sorcerers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ivas save Pyotr from a beating?

2. Why is Katerina so frightened as she travels home with her husband?

3. How does Katerina die in this story?

4. What is remarkable about Afanasy's house?

5. How do the devil and the witch leave Dikanta in pitch darkness?

6. How do the three students come upon the farmstead?

7. How does Valuka gain back his self respect?

8. What is the moral of the story?

9. Why do the devil and the witch want to cause problems between Valuka and Choub?

10. How does Afansay react to Pulkheria's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid 19th century society Russia.

1. The use of the devil as a character.

2. The representation of normal people and life

3. Madness.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters, and write an essay comparing and contrasting them.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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