how much land does a man need
“How Much Land Does A Man Need” Reading Questions
1. What criteria do the two sisters use to judge each other’s lives?
2. What is the younger sister’s message about peasant life? What is her warning about city life?
3. What is Pahóm’s response to the women’s chatter?
4. What does the Devil decide to do when he hears Pahóm boasting?
5. At first, what troubles do Pahom have?
6. What opportunity presents itself to Pahom?
7. How many acres does he gain? What are his sacrifices?
8. What joy does Pahóm find?
9. How does Pahóm change when he becomes a landowner?
10. What conflicts does Pahóm encounter?
11. What sinful characteristic begins to emerge?
12. Pahóm receives news of a new town, and what plan forms in his mind?
13. In order to gain much land, what does Pahóm do?
14. How much land is acquired? Does he need this?
15. What controversy is sparked within the Commune?
16. Why does Pahóm grow tired of the land?
17. How much land does Pahóm wish to acquire now? What is the price?
18. What is the Bashkírs’ “one thousand rubles a day” policy? What is the real test of the policy?
19. What type of people are the Bashkirs? Farmers?
20. What does Pahóm do to please/bribe the Bashkirs?
21. What is different about the way the Bashkirs offer land to Pahóm?
22. In his greed, but also with caution, what is Pahóm worried about?
23. What is the trick with the price?
24. How is his land to be marked by the Bashkirs?
25. What dream does Pahóm have the night before his journey? What is the dream’s warning (foreshadowing)?
26. Who visits his dream?
27. What is the attraction to this land Pahóm desires?
28. At approximately what time of days does he make 3+miles?
29. What is the trick of the distance here?
30. What complication arises in Pahóm’s journey?
31. What time is it and how much farther does Pahóm assume he needs to go?
32. What physical obstacles does he experience?
33. What realization does he make?
34. What fear does he have?
1. What criteria do the two sisters use to judge each other’s lives?
2. What is the younger sister’s message about peasant life? What is her warning about city life?
3. What is Pahóm’s response to the women’s chatter?
4. What does the Devil decide to do when he hears Pahóm boasting?
5. At first, what troubles do Pahom have?
6. What opportunity presents itself to Pahom?
7. How many acres does he gain? What are his sacrifices?
8. What joy does Pahóm find?
9. How does Pahóm change when he becomes a landowner?
10. What conflicts does Pahóm encounter?
11. What sinful characteristic begins to emerge?
12. Pahóm receives news of a new town, and what plan forms in his mind?
13. In order to gain much land, what does Pahóm do?
14. How much land is acquired? Does he need this?
15. What controversy is sparked within the Commune?
16. Why does Pahóm grow tired of the land?
17. How much land does Pahóm wish to acquire now? What is the price?
18. What is the Bashkírs’ “one thousand rubles a day” policy? What is the real test of the policy?
19. What type of people are the Bashkirs? Farmers?
20. What does Pahóm do to please/bribe the Bashkirs?
21. What is different about the way the Bashkirs offer land to Pahóm?
22. In his greed, but also with caution, what is Pahóm worried about?
23. What is the trick with the price?
24. How is his land to be marked by the Bashkirs?
25. What dream does Pahóm have the night before his journey? What is the dream’s warning (foreshadowing)?
26. Who visits his dream?
27. What is the attraction to this land Pahóm desires?
28. At approximately what time of days does he make 3+miles?
29. What is the trick of the distance here?
30. What complication arises in Pahóm’s journey?
31. What time is it and how much farther does Pahóm assume he needs to go?
32. What physical obstacles does he experience?
33. What realization does he make?
34. What fear does he have?