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Stepan's belief that he is under government surveillance primarily stems from what?
Stepan's belief that he is under government surveillance primarily stems from what?
- A genuine threat from political rivals.
- Direct warnings from town governors.
- His inflated sense of self-importance. (correct)
- Evidence of intercepted communications.
Why is Anton unable to fully understand the poem?
Why is Anton unable to fully understand the poem?
- The poem's historical context is unknown to Anton.
- The poem contains intentionally obscure references.
- The poem is written in a foreign language.
- The poem is an allegory which Anton struggles to interpret. (correct)
How does Stepan react to Anton's suggestion that his poem is harmless?
How does Stepan react to Anton's suggestion that his poem is harmless?
- He immediately seeks to have Anton punished for the remark.
- He is deeply offended and becomes bitter towards Anton. (correct)
- He initially dismisses Anton, later deciding to publish the poem abroad.
- He appreciates Anton's honesty and agrees to publish it locally.
What is Stepan's immediate reaction upon learning that his poem has been published in a revolutionary anthology?
What is Stepan's immediate reaction upon learning that his poem has been published in a revolutionary anthology?
Stepan writes a letter to Petersburg after the poem's publication. Why does he not send it?
Stepan writes a letter to Petersburg after the poem's publication. Why does he not send it?
What does Anton secretly believe about Stepan's feelings regarding the poem's publication in the anthology?
What does Anton secretly believe about Stepan's feelings regarding the poem's publication in the anthology?
What original job position does Stepan have when he arrives in the provincial town?
What original job position does Stepan have when he arrives in the provincial town?
What does Anton find difficult about Stepan's poem?
What does Anton find difficult about Stepan's poem?
Flashcards
Stepan's Self-Image
Stepan's Self-Image
A university lecturer who considers himself a political dissident exiled from Moscow.
Stepan's Initial Activities
Stepan's Initial Activities
Challenging the Slavophiles of the time.
Stepan's Poem
Stepan's Poem
A long, allegorical poem written in Berlin.
Anton's Role
Anton's Role
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Poem's Publication
Poem's Publication
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Stepan's Reaction to Publication
Stepan's Reaction to Publication
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Stepan's Expectation
Stepan's Expectation
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Stepan's True Feelings
Stepan's True Feelings
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Study Notes
- Stepan arrives in a provincial town near Petersburg in the 1840s.
- He was previously a university lecturer but only presents a few times.
- His presentations challenge the Slavophiles.
- Stepan feels his enemies prevent him from giving more lectures
- He sees himself as a political dissident exiled from Moscow.
- Stepan believes the town governors are watching him.
- His idea of himself as censored and surveilled stems from his ego.
- Almost nobody knows who he is, and those who do are not concerned with him.
- Before he came to town, Stepan wrote a long, allegorical poem in Berlin.
- The government in Moscow seized the poem around the time an anti-government organization was raided in Petersburg.
- Anton, the narrator, has a copy of the poem with a personal inscription from Stepan.
- Anton finds the poem hard to understand.
- Anton thinks the poetry has merit.
- He encourages Stepan to publish it.
- Anton suggests the poem wouldn't be censored, as it's clearly innocuous.
- Stepan is taken aback by the assessment that the poem is unthreatening.
- Stepan acts with bitterness toward Anton for a month after that.
- About that time, the poem is published abroad in a revolutionary anthology.
- Stepan didn’t know it would be published.
- Publication in the anthology frightens him.
- Stepan goes to see the governor to assure him he means no offense to the government.
- Stepan writes a letter to Petersburg to reiterate that he means no harm, but does not address or send it.
- Stepan awaits censure of himself or his work daily.
- No telegram of censure arrives.
- Anton knows that Stepan is proud to be included in the revolutionary anthology.
- Anton thinks Stepan virtually sleeps with the book in hand.
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