Notes From the Underground
What does the narrator most often describe himself as in Part 1?
1) Spiteful
2) Intelligent
3) Mean
4) Ugly
1) spiteful
Where is the nose set?
St. Petersburg
what decade is this story told in?
1920s-40s
who is the guard that punishes Shukhov for sleeping in past reveille?
The Tartar
what is something that all books had to go through before they were published? This was mandatory by the government and certain books were not allowed to be published due to this
censorship
Liza is a
Prostitute
How does Ivan Yakovlevitch try to dispose of the nose the first time?
dropping it on the street but people notice that he is dropping something
who is professor woland?
Satan
what does Shukhov keep hidden in his boots?
A silver spoon
what are some themes that all of these books have in common and is a common theme in most russian lit?
1) Individualism
2) Human response to extreme adversity
3) Being deprived of something humanity
4) power structures
5) preception of one aspect of the world
6) good vs evil
7) power structures
8) religion
9)self destruction
10) choice
Who of these is not one of the narrator's old schoolmates?
1) Trudolyubov
2) Apollon
3) Zverkov
4) Ferfichkin
2) Apollon
Why does Kovalev call himself "major"?
To try and increase is social status and rank
why did the master go insane?
his manuscript about jesus was rejected
what is the cigarette seen as to Shukhov
1) Protection from the wind, the cigarette represents warmth
2) the cigarette means freedom itself.
3) nothing its just a cigarette
4) its just for pleasure
2) the cigarette means freedom itself.
what are some things that Russian and American literature have in common?
1) History
2) Struggle
3) Romance
4) Fantasy
5) Religion
6) Fiction
7) Social
According to the narrator, a decent man must be..?
1) revolutionary
2) very smart
3) a slave and coward
4) nice
3) a slave and a coward
When does Major Kovalev see his nose?
Out dresses in a suit/uniform paying social calls
what is happening in Jerusalem in this book
The trial and death of jesus
When did Shukhov leave home?
1) October 6, 1941
2) May 18, 1940
3) July 14, 1940
4) June 23, 1941
4) June 23, 1941
What are the names of the authors we have studied (all of them)
1) Mikhail Bulgakov
2)Nikolai Gogol
3) Alexander Solzhenistyn
4)Fyudor Dostoevsky
Bonus: Leo Tolstoy
Consciousness is described as
What is Gogol getting at by writing this novel?
A satire on social class and hierarchy
A lesson about Russian culture and the importance of rank
What is the story trying to teach us/ what are the main themes?
2) Art that is authentic vs phoney
3)Courage vs Cowardice
4) love and hope/ romance
5) the danger of the soviet society
what are some of the main themes we see in this book relating back to russian lit?
1) power and authority in the camps structure, plus general power and authority in russia
2) Identity, the camp strips people of their individual identities so how do you keep your individuality
3) competition vs camaraderie. Is it better to compete or woek together/ build eachother up
4) Belief and Fath, Religion
5) Time
what is the most impactful thing youve learned from russian lit (no right or wrong)
must have a good answer and well vote if they deserve the points or not