How Much Land Does a Man Need? Quizzes

How Much Land Does a Man Need? Quiz 1

1 Generally, what adjective best characterizes the peasants’ relationships with each other?
Peaceful

Harmonious

Hostile

Quarrelsome
2 Why is Pahom unable to sleep the night before he claims Bashkirian land?
He’s preemptively claiming land without the Bashkirs' notice

He’s too preoccupied with feelings of regret for leaving his family

He’s celebrating with the Bashkirs

He’s too preoccupied with thoughts of the land he plans to secure
3 What does Pahom gift the Bashkirs?
Kumiss

His cattle

Drinks and clothes

His wedding ring
4 Pahom exemplifies all of the following contradictions EXCEPT __________
He fines the peasants despite recognizing their good intentions

He values peasant life but decides that he needs to purchase property anyway

He expresses profound love for his wife, but abandons her anyway

He is sure that Simon stole his trees, but lacks any evidence
5 The elder sisters finds city life enjoyable because of its __________
Churches

Architecture

Education system

Entertainment, clothing, and food options
6 What image reminds Pahom of his dream during his walk?
His barefootedness and minimal clothing

The Bashkir Chief laughing and holding his sides

The sinking sun

The Bashkirs drinking kumiss and singing together
7 All of these characters appear in Pahom's dream EXCEPT __________
The passing merchant

The Bashkir Chief

The Devil

Pahom's wife
8 When Pahom requests land from the Bashkirs, how do they react?
They tell Pahom he can have a couple thousand acres of land but must share it with a Bashkir

They become livid and demand Pahom to leave

They explain to Pahom that there is not enough arable land to sell

They tell Pahom he can have as much land as he wants
9 Pahom resents his estate in the middle section of the story because __________
He wants to sow more wheat but he doesn’t have enough land

There is too much land for his small family to maintain

The head of the commune begins reclaiming their land

There are too many peasants trespassing in his land
10 As Pahom approaches the hillock, the Bashkirs are __________
Shouting

Nowhere to be found

Singing

Crying
11 Who digs Pahom's grave?
The Devil

The Bashkir chief

His workman

Nobody
12 What event drives Pahom to want to acquire his first substantial piece of land?
The innkeepers' fines

The sisters' conversation

The Devil's persuasion

The divorce from his wife
13 The story’s closing line, “Six feet from his head to his heels was all he needed,” is an example of __________
Situational irony

Foreshadowing

An overstatement

An understatement
14 Kumiss is a symbol for __________
Alcoholism

Deception

Life’s simple pleasures

The perils of greed
15 Pahom associates more expansive land ownership with __________
Competence

Freedom

Risk

Stress
16 Who are the Bashkirs?
A group of Turkish people living in the Ural Mountains

A group of wealthy merchants who take control over villages

A group of Russian peasants attempting to become landowners

A group of stalwart communists
17 When does the Devil first appear in the story?
When Pahom thinks that enough land will alleviate his fear of the Devil

At Pahom's funeral

When the peasants can't agree on how to section off the land for themselves

During Pahom's dream
18 The Devil overhearing Pahom’s initial contemplation of more land ownership is an example of ___________
Verbal irony

Dramatic irony

Allegory

Situational irony
19 How do the Bashkirs sell their land?
Landowners start with a 500 acre estate and can increase their estates every six months

Landowners can claim as much land as they can cover on foot in a day

Landowners must bargain with the chief

None of the above
20 What do the Bashkirs begin arguing about when Pahom inquires about the land acquisition?
Whether or not they should deceive Pahom into accepting their deal

Whether or not they have enough land to give Pahom

Whether or not they trust Pahom

Whether or not they should receive their chief’s permission for granting the land to Pahom
21 How does Pahom react to his dream?
He immediately recounts it to the Bashkir chief

He feels terrified and decides to cancel his walk

He at first feels alarmed but ultimately shrugs it off

He laughs at its absurdity
22 Who burdens the peasants with fines?
The innkeeper

The old soldier who becomes a property manager

Simon

The female landowner
23 Pahom often hears about new land acquisitions from __________
Advertisements posted across the village

His wife's wealthier sister

Strangers passing through his village

The head of his commune
24 How do the judges react toward Pahom's case against Simon?
They laugh at Pahom and refuse to see the case

They convict Simon of the crime

They suggest that Pahom move out of the commune

They dismiss it, citing a lack of evidence
25 How does the narrator characterize the Bashkirian land?
Sparse and sterile

Fertile and flat

Arid and dreary

Well-maintained and haunting

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How Much Land Does a Man Need?

by Leo Tolstoy

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