1. Whom does V. Garshin dedicate the story to? — 1) I. S. Turgenev; 2) N. S. Leskov; 3) L. N. Tolstoy

1. Whom does V. Garshin dedicate the story to?
— 1) I. S. Turgenev; 2) N. S. Leskov; 3) L. N. Tolstoy; 4) F. M. Dostoevsky.

2. What kind of room is described as follows: «It was a large room with vaulted ceilings, with a sticky stone floor, illuminated by a single window in the corner; the walls and vaults were painted with dark red oil paint…»
— 1) dining room; 2) common room for quiet patients; 3) room for unruly patients; 4) bathroom.

3. In a hospital designed for 80 people, how many could it accommodate?
— 1) 50; 2) up to 100; 3) up to 200; 4) up to 300.

4. What is the patient thinking about: «What is this? The Inquisition? A place of secret execution where his enemies have decided to put an end to him? Perhaps hell itself?»
— 1) about the hospital; 2) about the patient’s room; 3) about the bathroom; 4) about the doctor’s office.

5. Why does the author use such a landscape?
— For what purpose does the author use this landscape?

6. What caught the patient’s attention when he looked at the flowerbed?
— 1) the red flower; 2) the red poppy; 3) the scarlet flower; 4) the bloody flower.

7. Complete the sentence: «All of them, his fellow patients, gathered here in order to carry out a task that vaguely seemed to him a gigantic enterprise aimed at…»
— 1) the struggle for freedom; 2) the pursuit of happiness; 3) the eradication of all diseases; 4) the elimination of evil on earth.

8. What is the patient talking about: «But at any rate, I will deal with it. If not today, then tomorrow we will measure our strength. And if I perish, is it not all the same…»
— 1) about the flower; 2) about the warden; 3) about the doctor; 4) about his madness.

9. «It was a mysterious, dreadful creature, the opposite of God, Ahriman, assuming a modest and innocent appearance.» What is this?
— 1) the flowerbed; 2) the garden; 3) the flower; 4) the starry sky.