52 pages 1 hour read

Leo Tolstoy

How Much Land Does a Man Need

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1886

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Exam Answer Key

Multiple Choice

1. A (Part III)

2. C (Various parts)

3. B (Various parts)

4. C (Part V)

5. C (Part VI)

6. B (Various parts)

7. C (Part VII)

8. A (Various parts)

Long Answer

1. The story is written in a third-person narration style. The protagonist is Pahóm, and the antagonist is the Devil/Evil One. (Various parts)

2. The setting of the novel is various pieces of land throughout the territory of the post-1861 Russian Empire. The continual change of setting is related to the plot’s trajectory, in which the protagonist must keep acquiring new property to fill his desire for more and better land. (Various parts)