Tests on the drama "The Thunderstorm". 1 option
1) To which literary movement should the drama “The Thunderstorm” be classified?
classicism
sentimentalism
romanticism
2) The action of the drama “The Thunderstorm” takes place
in Moscow
in Kalinov
In Petersburg
In Nizhniy Novgorod
3). Determine the climax of the drama "The Thunderstorm"
key scene
meeting Katerina with Boris at the gate
Katerina's repentance to the city residents
farewell of Tikhon and Katerina before his trip
4). What invention did the self-taught mechanic Kuligin want to introduce into the life of his city?
telegraph
lightning rod
microscope
printing press
5). What was the name of Katerina's husband?
6). Determine the main conflict of the drama "The Thunderstorm"
love story of Katerina and Boris
love story of Tikhon and Katerina
clash between tyrants and their victims
description of the friendly relations between Kabanikha and Wild
7). Which of the heroes of the drama “The Thunderstorm” was “envious” of the deceased Katerina, considering his own life to be an impending torment?
9) What type of literary heroes did Kabanikha belong to?
1. hero-reasoner
2. "tyrant"
3. “extra person”
4. "little man"
10. What character are we talking about?
He has such an establishment. With us, no one dares say a word about salary, he’ll scold you for what it’s worth. “Why do you know,” he says, “what I have in mind? How can you know my soul? Or maybe I’ll be in such a mood that I’ll give you five thousand.” So talk to him! Only in his entire life he had never been in such a position.
3. To bring the play to life
12) What character are we talking about?
13) A.N. Ostrovsky reveals the social-typical and individual properties of the characters of a certain social environment, which one:
1. Landlord-noble
2. Merchant
3. Aristocratic
4. Folk
14) Who owns the words
Everyone should be afraid! It’s not so scary that it will kill you, but that death will suddenly find you as you are, with all your sins, with all your evil thoughts.
Kabanikha
Katerina
Option 2
1) What was the name of Katerina’s lover?
1. Kuligin
2) Who arranged the meeting between Katerina and Boris by stealing Kabanikha’s key?
2.Kuligin
3. Varvara
3) Who owns the phrase: “Do whatever you want, as long as it’s safe and covered”?
Katerina
Kabanikha
4) What did the self-taught mechanic Kuligin invent?
telegraph
lightning rod
sundial
perpetuum mobile
5) What phrase ends the drama “The Thunderstorm”?
Mama, you ruined her, you, you, you...
Thank you, good people, for your service!
Good for you, Katya! Why did I stay in the world and suffer!
Do what you want with her! Her body is here, take it; but the soul is now not yours: it is now before a judge who is more merciful than you!
6) What character are we talking about?
He will first break with us, abuse us in every possible way, as his heart desires, but he will still end up not giving anything or so, some little thing. Moreover, he will say that he gave it out of mercy, and that this should not have been the case.
7) Who said:
“Our parents in Moscow raised us well, they spared nothing for us. I was sent to the Commercial Academy, and my sister to a boarding school, but both suddenly died of cholera, and my sister and I were left orphans. Then we hear that my grandmother died here and left a will so that my uncle would pay us the part that should be paid when we come of age, only on the condition...”
8) Who said:
“Cruel morals, sir, in our city, cruel! In philistinism, sir, you will see nothing but rudeness and stark poverty. And we, sir, will never escape this crust.”
Boris Grigorievich
9) The play “The Thunderstorm” shows the life of the patriarchal merchants, wild, limited, ignorant. Is there a person in Kalinov capable of resisting the laws of this life? Name it:
1.Kuligin
3.Varvara
5.Katerina
11) Katerina confesses her “sin” to Tikhon in public. What made her do this?
1. Feeling of shame
2.Fear of mother-in-law
4. The desire to leave with Boris
12) A.N. Ostrovsky reveals the social-typical and individual properties of the characters of a certain social environment, which one:
1. Landlord-noble
2. Merchant
3. Aristocratic
4. Folk
13) The play “The Thunderstorm” was written in
14) The city in which the action of “The Thunderstorm” takes place is called
Nizhny Novgorod
Kostroma
Option 3
1) A.N. Ostrovsky reveals the social-typical and individual properties of the characters of a certain social environment, which one:
1. Landlord-noble
2. Merchant
3. Aristocratic
4. Folk
2) To what literary genre can the play “The Thunderstorm” be classified (as defined by the author):
1.Comedy
3. Tragedy
4.Lyrical comedy
5. Tragicomedy
3) Name the main conflict in the play “The Thunderstorm” (according to Dobrolyubov):
1. This is a conflict between generations (Tikhon and Marfa Ignatievna)
2. This is an intra-family conflict between a despotic mother-in-law and a rebellious daughter-in-law
3. This is a clash between the tyrants of life and their victims
4. This is a conflict between Tikhon and Katerina
4) The play “The Thunderstorm” begins with a lengthy, somewhat drawn-out exposition in order to:
1.Intrigue the reader
2.Introduce the heroes directly involved in the intrigue
3.Create an image of the world in which the heroes live
4.Slow down stage time
5) The action of the play “The Thunderstorm occurs in the city of Kalinov. Do all the heroes belong (by birth and upbringing) to Kalinov’s world? Name a hero who is not one of them:
1.Kuligin
5.Varvara
6) Which characters are (from the point of view of conflict) central in the play:
1.Boris and Katerina
2.Katerina and Tikhon
3.Dikoy and Kabanikha
4. Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova and Katerina
5.Boris and Tikhon
7) N.A. Dobrolyubov in the article “A Ray of Light in the Dark Kingdom” called Boris “educated Tikhon” because:
1.Boris and Tikhon belong to the same class
2.Boris differs only in appearance from Tikhon
3.Boris is very different from Tikhon
8) The play “The Thunderstorm” shows the life of the patriarchal merchants, wild, limited, ignorant. Is there a person in Kalinov capable of resisting the laws of this life? Name it:
1.Kuligin
3.Varvara
1.Feklusha
2.Kuligin
5.Katerina
10) Why do the events in the play “The Thunderstorm” take place in a fictional city?
11) Savel Prokofievich Dikoy does not participate in the main conflict of the play “The Thunderstorm”. Why did Ostrovsky introduce this character?
1. To contrast Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova
2.To create a holistic image of the “dark kingdom”
3. To bring the play to life
4.To emphasize the prowess and scope of the Russian merchants
12) To what class did Katerina Kabanova’s parents belong?
1.Nobles
3. Peasants
5. Raznochintsy
13) Katerina confesses her “sin” to Tikhon in public. What made her do this?
1. Feeling of shame
2.Fear of mother-in-law
3. The desire to atone for guilt before God and torment of conscience by confession
4. The desire to leave with Boris
14) N.A. Dobrolyubov called one of the heroes of the play “The Thunderstorm” “a ray of light in a dark kingdom.” This:
1.Kuligin
2. Marfa Ignatievna
3.Katerina
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Test work based on N.A. Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm”
Option 2
Part 1
1. Which statement about the thunderstorm belongs to Katerina? 1) “It’s not what’s scary that will kill you, but what’s scary is that death suddenly finds you as you are...”; 2) “For two weeks there will be no thunderstorm over me, there are no shackles on my legs”; 3) “A thunderstorm is being sent to us as punishment”; 4) “Now every grass, every flower is rejoicing, but we are hiding, afraid, as if some misfortune is coming!”
2. Not only does Katerina not belong to the Kalinovsky world by birth and upbringing, she is not her own, “alien” here and: 1) Kudryash; 2) Kuligin; 3) Boris 4) Shapkin
3. The play tells about Moscow with its wonders: 1) Boris 2) crazy lady 3) Kuligin 4) Feklusha
4. Find out, among the characteristics given to the heroes of “The Thunderstorm” by Dobrolyubov, the portrait of Boris: 1) “... he just wants more, as many rights as possible for himself, when should he recognize them for others... considers this an attack on his personal dignity, and gets angry, and tries in every possible way to delay the matter and prevent it.” 2) “... when he understands what... is necessary, and wants to achieve something, he will achieve his goal at all costs...” ;3) “...represents one of the many pitiful types who are usually called harmless, although they are just as harmful as tyrants, because they serve as their faithful assistants”;4) “Education took away from him the strength to do dirty tricks - but it did not give him the strength to resist dirty tricks,
5. Who is Kuligin talking about: “Prude, sir, he gives money to beggars, but he completely eats up his family”
a) about Feklusha b) about Glasha c) about Kabanikha d) about Katerina
6. Which character in Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm” says: “Hard times... Time has already begun to decline”
a) Kuligin b) Dikoy c) Kabanikha d) Feklusha
7. About which hero of Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm” do they say the following:
Who will please him when his whole life is based on swearing? And most of all because of money, not a single calculation is complete without swearing. Another is happy to give up his own, if only he would calm down. The trouble is, someone will make him angry in the morning.”
a) about Tikhon b) about Kuligin c) about Dikiy d) about Boris
8 “It’s not so scary that it will kill you, but that death will suddenly find you as you are, with all your sins, with all your evil thoughts.” Who do these words belong to? What and who is he/she afraid of?
1) Katerina. Thunderstorms and God
2) Varvara. Mother's anger
3) Wild. Lightning rod and god
4) Kuligin. Perpetuum Mobile and Wild
5) Feklushe. Human rumor and God
9.. Who helped Katerina secretly meet with Boris?
1) Kuligin 4) Varvara
2) Shapkin 5) Kudryash
3) Glasha 6) Tikhon
10. Katerina, unable to withstand the mental anguish, confessed to adultery and
1) went to a monastery 4) rushed into the Volga
2) drank poison 4) went crazy
Part 2
11. Identify the hero of the play using quotes:
1 “Every morning my aunt begs everyone with tears: “Fathers, don’t make me angry! Darlings, don’t make me angry!”;
2“..mother’s relatives didn’t let me in, they wrote that she was sick. What life at the ball would be like for her, it’s scary to imagine”;
3 “I’m completely ready, and the horses are ready. He's so sad, it's a disaster! I can see that he wants to say goodbye."
12. Determine which character the words belong to:
1 “I say, why don’t people fly like birds? You know, sometimes I feel like I'm a bird. When you stand on a mountain, you feel the urge to fly. That’s how I would run, raise my hands and fly”;
2 “And I, dear girl, am not absurd, I have no such sin. I have one sin, for sure; I myself know that there is. I love to eat sweets”;
3“They are at enmity with each other; They get drunken clerks into their high mansions, such, sir, clerks that there is no human appearance on him, his human appearance is hysterical. And they, for small acts of kindness, scribble malicious slander against their neighbors on stamped sheets.”
13.Who does N.A. Dobrolyubov call the “dark kingdom” in his article and why?
Individual assignments based on A. Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”1 option
What did you learn about Katerina from Day 1? How is she different from other characters? Which of them is closest to Katerina?
Genre of the play "Thunderstorm"
What are the similarities and differences between the characters of Boris and Tikhon? How do they feel about Katerina?
How does the Wild’s tyranny manifest itself?
In the scene of farewell to Tikhon, Katerina says: “Fathers, I am perishing!” Explain the reason for Katerina's suffering. What struggle is going on in her soul?
What is Katerina's tragedy?
Option 2
What do you know about the environment in which Katerina was raised?
Why did Boris consider himself “the black sheep in the city of Kalinov”? Prove it.
Features of the composition.
In Act 1 of “The Thunderstorm,” two characters talk about the beauty of nature. How are these statements different? What traits of the characters are reflected in their words about nature?
Why didn’t Ostrovsky name the drama “The Thunderstorm” after the main character? What moral meaning is contained in the name of the drama?
Individual multi-level written assignments (to identify knowledge of the text and reasoning skills) based on A. Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”
Option 3
How is it different from the residents of the city of Kuligin?
Tell us about the Kabanov family. What are the morals of this family?
Composition of the play.
Is Boris worthy of Katerina's love?
Could Katerina find happiness in her family? Under what conditions?
The meaning of the play's title.
Individual multi-level written assignments (to identify knowledge of the text and reasoning skills) based on A. Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”
Option 4
What laws do they live by in the city of Kalinov?
Why did Katerina “wither” when she got to the Kabanovs’ house?
Why can’t Varvara understand Katerina’s suffering?
Prove the correctness of Varvara’s words that “there is a reason to love Tikhon.”
What is the essence of the main conflict?
Will the city of Kalinov be able to live as before after Katerina’s death?
Individual multi-level written assignments (to identify knowledge of the text and reasoning skills) based on A. Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”
Option 5
Boris says about himself: “I am a free bird,” but, in essence, who is freer, Katerina or Boris?
Why does Katerina consider her love for Boris “criminal”?
Are tyrants confident that they are right?
Did Kabanikha lose or win?
Prove that Katerina’s death is a protest?
Individual multi-level written assignments (to identify knowledge of the text and reasoning skills) based on A. Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm”
Option 6
Katerina means “pure” in Greek. Why does Ostrovsky give this name to his heroine?
Tell us about the relationship between mother and son (Kabanova and Tikhon). Love? Respect? Submission? Fear? Too lazy to argue?
The scene with the key, its role in the play.
Why does Kuligin ask Dikiy for money? How does this characterize him?
What actions and statements of Katerina indicate her honesty, desire for freedom, directness?
A. N. OSTROVSKY. "STORM"
1. What city was A.N. born in? Ostrovsky?
a) Moscow b) St. Petersburg c) Kostroma d) Orel
2. What was the name of the first work that brought A.N. Is Ostrovsky famous?
a) “Picture of Family Happiness”
b) “Bankrupt (“Our people – we will be numbered”)
c) “Thunderstorm” d) “Don’t sit in your own sleigh”
3. What social class does A.N. Ostrovsky portray in most of his plays?
a) nobility b) peasantry c) merchants d) philistinism
4. In what year was the play “The Thunderstorm” created?
a) in 1859 b) in 1860 c) in 1861 d) in 1865
5. Name the type of literary hero who became the discovery of A.N. Ostrovsky.
a) the “superfluous person” type b) the “small person” type c) the tyrant type d) the tramp type
6. The city in which the action of “The Thunderstorm” took place was called
a) Kalinin b) Kalinov c) Kostroma d) Samara
7. Determine the genre of the work.
A)dramab)tragedyV)comedy d) novel
8. Determine the type of conflict in the drama “The Thunderstorm”.
A)philosophicalb)socialV)ideological d) family
9. Correct arrange the elements drama compositions "Storm".
A)exposition 1) conversation between Boris and Kudryash
b)plot 2) death of Katerina
V)climax 3) Katerina’s monologue before death
G)denouement 4) conversation between Kuligin and Kudryash
10. How artistic means transmitted V play motive isolation cities?
A)symbolic details - gate, fence
b)specific author's instructions, remarks
V)lack of communication with other cities d) image of Feklushi
11. For what purpose does A. N. Ostrovsky introduce exposition into the play?
a) to emphasize the positive traits in Kuligin’s character
b)outline the conflict between youth and the older generation in the play
V)indicate the location and situation in the city
d) give national scale and poetic inspiration
12. The system of images in the play “The Thunderstorm” is built on the principle of “pairing”. Identify these pairs among the given characters (the same name can be used more than once)
Katerina; Wild; Curly; Kabanikha; Boris; Varvara.
13. List the names of the characters in the play, who, from the point of view of classical drama, can be called “extra characters.”
a) Varvara b) Kudryash c) Kuligin d) Feklusha
e) half-crazy lady f) Shapkin g) Glasha
14. IN the confrontation of which heroes is most vivid expressed himself the main conflict of the play?
a) Kabanikha - Wildb)Katerina - VarvaraV)Katerina - Kabanikha d) Katerina - Tikhon
15. How the “dark kingdom” is represented at the character level And his "victims"? Select both from the list.
Wild; Katerina; Tikhon; Feklusha; Boris; Kabanikha; Varvara; half-crazy lady; Curly.
16. Which of the characters in the play speaks this way about Kabanikha?
“- Hypocrisy, sir! She gives money to the poor, but she completely eats up her family...”
A)Borisb)KuliginV)Katerina d) Dikoy
17. At what point does the main climax of the play occur?
A)Katerina's public confession of her sinfulnessb)date with Boris
V)in Katerina’s monologue at the end of the play d) there is no climax in the play
18. Why was A. N. Ostrovsky called “the father of the Russian national theater”?
a) revived the traditions of A.S. Griboyedov, A. S. Pushkin, N. V. Gogol
b)he penned forty-seven plays,
V)with his creativity had a decisive influence on the subsequent development of progressive Russian drama
d) built the Maly Theater building
19. Whom did N.A. name? Dobrolyubov “a ray of light in the dark kingdom.” This is:
a) Kuligin b) Katerina c) Boris d) Marfa Ignatievna
Answers to the test " A. N. OSTROVSKY. "STORM"
7. a
8. g
9. a - 4, b - 1, c - 3, d - 2
10. g
11. g
12 Katerina - Kabanikha; Kabanikha - Wild; Katerina - Boris; Varvara - Curly; Katerina - Varvara
13. d, f, g
14. in
15. "dark kingdom": Dikoy, Kabanikha, Feklusha, the half-crazy lady;
"victims": Katerina, Tikhon, Boris, Varvara, Kudryash
16. b
17. in
18. in
19.b
1. What conflict lies at the heart of A.N.’s play? Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
The basis of A.N. Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm” is the tragic conflict between Katerina’s living feelings and the dead foundations of the “dark kingdom”.
2. Which of the characters in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm" refers to the "dark kingdom"?
Tyrants and despots are Dikoy and Kabanikha, who belong to the “dark kingdom”.
3. What allows Tikhon to say that their “family has fallen apart”?
Unable to withstand Kabanikha’s despotism, Katerina commits suicide, leaves Varvara’s house, and Tikhon becomes completely voiceless and weak-willed.
4. What is unique about Kabanikha’s speech?
Kabanikha’s speech shows an imperious nature, which is expressed in an imperative tone: “Well, talk more!”, “At your feet, at your feet!” He always speaks edifyingly. She often uses proverbs and sayings, folk expressions and intonations.
5. What is the difference between Katerina and Varvara’s views on life?
Katerina is not used to lying and dodging, she does not accept hypocrisy, she cannot pretend, realizing her love for Boris as a sin. Varvara accepted the morality of the surrounding society and learned to hide her true feelings, lie, and dodge.
6. For what purpose did A.N. play? Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm" introduced Kudryash's songs?
Kudryash's songs give the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm" has a national flavor, and its content repeats the motif of a married woman's forbidden love for another.
7. What is the function of the image of the Volga in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
The image of Volga shows that the action takes place in a Russian provincial town. The majestic, beautiful Volga contrasts with the sleepy, stagnant life of the city. The free Volga welcomes the rebellious Katerina into its waters.
8. What is the meaning of the title of the drama by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
The motif of a thunderstorm runs through the entire play. This is an unknown, and therefore terrible, natural phenomenon. This is also the threat of Kabani-kha’s tyranny over Tikhon (“For two weeks there will be no thunderstorm over me”). There is something elemental and thunderous in Katerina’s love for Boris. A thunderstorm is the fear of retribution for sins. A thunderstorm is also a symbol of non-reconciliation with the dark kingdom.
9. What is the function of the landscape in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky's "Thunderstorm"?
The landscape serves a double function. At the beginning of the play, he is the background against which the action unfolds, and emphasizes the discrepancy between the dead life of the Kalinovites and the beautiful nature. A thunderstorm then intrudes into the action and influences the outcome of the drama.
10. What is the role of the episodic figure of the lady in the play by A.N. Ostrovsky "Thunderstorm"?Material from the site
The appearance of the old lady with two footmen coincides with the picture of a thunderstorm. The lady’s ominous speeches: “What, beauties? What are you doing here? Are you expecting some good guys, gentlemen? Are you having fun? Funny? Does your beauty make you happy? Here, here, in the deep end!” - prophesies the fate of Katerina.
11. Describe the life of the city of Kalinov.
The city of Kalinov is located in a beautiful place on the banks of the Volga. But residents care little about the beauty of nature. They are indifferent to everything that goes beyond household chores. No reliable information about life in other places penetrates their sleepy life. Only wanderers bring monstrously ridiculous rumors about lands where people with dog heads live. Ignorance and stagnation, cruel Domostroev morals reign in the city.