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Chekhov Stories
Anton Chekhov
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Summary
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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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Character List
Dmitri Gurov
Olga Plemyannikov
Andrei Kovrin
Olga Dymov
Dr. Andrei Rabin
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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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The Night Before Easter Quiz
Further Study
The Night Before Easter Quiz
1
of 5
What is the dark figure near the narrator waiting for?
To cross the Goltva
To go to Moscow
To see the fireworks
To meet the narrator
2
of 5
What does Jerome start talking to the narrator about once aboard the ferry?
Fireworks
Death
Tea industry
Writing
3
of 5
As the ferry nears the bank, what shocks the narrator?
A figure on the bank
An explosion
The silence near land
Jerome's inability to leave
4
of 5
Jerome takes the ferry and then a path to get to ___.
A monastery
A beach
His childhood home
His wife's grave
5
of 5
At the end of the narrative, what does the narrator notice Jerome doing?
Praying
Watching a young woman
Writing a letter
Waving to him
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