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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the winter at the start of "The Schoolmistress"?
(a) Special.
(b) Spiteful.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Spirited.

2. Where does Marya feel Hanov should move to rather than live in such a "God-forsaken, dreary place" (6)?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Moscow.

3. How old was Marya when her parents died?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

4. Where does Marya's driver say he heard of the recent murder in Moscow?
(a) His cousin from Moscow wrote to him.
(b) Ivan Ionov's tavern.
(c) A passenger told him earlier that day.
(d) He read it in the newspaper.

5. What does Hanov say when Semyon tells him he does not need to ride around in inclement weather?
(a) He has to get his sick aunt.
(b) It is good exercise for the horse.
(c) He gets bored at home.
(d) He did not know the roads would be so bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marya think mostly of in regards to her job?

2. In what town does Semyon stop at a tavern with Marya?

3. How many years has Marya been a schoolmistress?

4. Why do people like Marya have little time to think of their work?

5. What does Marya long to think of "which would never be" (8)?

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