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Chekhov Stories
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The Lady with the Dog
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The Lady with the Dog
In the Ravine
On Official Duty (On Official Business)
The Black Monk
The Night Before Easter
The Grasshopper
The Darling
Gooseberries
Agafya
My Life (The Story of a Provincial)
Ward No. six
Steppe (The Story of a Journey)
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Where does Dmitri Gurov go to escape the bounds of his marriage and Moscow society?
St Petersburg
America
Yalta
The theater
2
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What about Olga Plemyannikov makes her the embodiment of female disempowerment?
Her frailty
Her indecision
Her dying garden
Her blindness
3
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Which of Chekhov's main characters is both a mastermind and mentally ill?
Dmitri Gurov
Olga Dymov
Dr. Andrei Rabin
Andrei Kovrin
4
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Which character learns throughout the story to realize their spouse's genius?
Dmitri Gurov
Olga Dymov
Olga Plemyannikov
Dr. Andrei Rabin
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What does Dr. Andrei Rabin's death represent?
The instability of marriage
The rationalization of death
The unpredictability of fate
His lack of intellect
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