MODULE 3: Unit 2
Exercise 1: Choose the meaning oF ue wuru. if italics from the poo! o1 wus
written in the box. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank.
. beating with a rod strong and full-bodied
. arascal . to drink liquor freely
party |. a Russian unit of distance to 0.6629
a condition with no liberty coated with black smoke
an urn for boiling water avehicle drawn by three horses
1.111 go of a binge at the fair
__|_2. He went to the soat-covered cabin of the innkeeper.
__h__3. He had gone forty versts.
__e_4, He asked for a samovar.
|__5. Suddenly, a trayka with ringing bells drove up to the inn.
9.6. When he was younger, Aksyénof drank and caroused, but he was a good
man.
___a_7.He was sentenced to flogging and hard labor.
__d__8. For 26 years, Aksyénof lived in Siberian servitude.
_f__9. One of the new convicts was a tall, robust old man.
_b__10. Great gloom came upon Aksyénof that he wanted to kill himself and all
because of that scoundrel.Exercise 2: Choose the correct answer. Write your answer before the number.
2__1. Who wrote "God Sees the Truth, But Waits"?
a. Leo Tolstoy
b. Fyodor Dostoevsky
. Maxim Gorky
d. God
2. In what country is "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" set?
a. Prussia
b. Soviet Union
c. Russia
d. Germany
____c_3, Whois the story's protagonist?
a. Tolstoy
b. Aksyénof wife
c. Aksyénof
d. Semyonich
|__4. What activities are Aksyénof fond of in his youth?
drinking and fishing
drinking and fighting
fishing and singing
drinking and singing
eoge
c__5. What are Aksyénof first names?
a. Mararivan
b. Ivar Demetrov
c. Ivan Dmitrich
d._ Ivan Semyonich
__b__6. Inwhich genre is “God Sees the Truth, But Waits"?
a. novel
b. short story
c. epic
d, allofthese
d__7. What does Aksyénof wife dream about?
Aksyénof being robbed
Aksyénof being arrested
Aksyénof leaving her for another woman
Aksyénof returning with grey hair
anced__8. To where does Aksyénof set out at the beginning of the story?
a
b.
ie
d,
Siberia
Vladimir Fair
Moscow
Nizhy Fair
__d__9. How does Aksyénof interpret his wife's dream?
b.
c
d.
asabad omen
as total nonsense
he never learns of the dream
asa lucky sign
2__10. What town is Aksyénof from?
a.
b.
c
d.
Vladimir
Siberia
Gorky
Moscow
__d__11. Who does Aksyonof first meet on his way to the fair?
a,
b.
c
d.
his brother
he meets no one
Semyonich
a fellow merchant
__d__a2. Where does Aksyénof stay on his way to the fair?
a,
b.
c
d
a
b.
c
d
amotel
his friend's house
apalace
aninn
13. What is Aksyénof doing when the police arrive to question him?
bathing
playing guitar
drinking liquor
grooming horses
__¢__14. What does the official accuse Aksyénof of having done?
a
b.
c
4.
killing his wife
killing his coachman
killing the fellow merchant
killing the inn-keeper
—-d__15. What does the official find among Aksyonof’s possessions?
a
agun
b. asamovar sword
c
d. a bloody knife
a man's dismembered head