8. Give the chief events in the life of Derzhavin. 9. Why is he especially worthy to be remembered? 10. What are some of the beautiful thoughts in the ode "God"? 11. How was Kheraskoff regarded in his own day? 12. What was the character of Bogdanovitch's poem, "Dushenka"? 13. What influence had the fables of Khemnitzer? 14. Give examples of them. 15. What incidents show the effect of his comedy "Calumny"? 16. Give an account of the life of Karamzin. 17. Give examples of the character of some of his sentimental tales. 18. What real services did he render to Russian literature? 19. What importance had Dmitrieff and Ozeroff? 20. How did the translations of German and French writers, made by Zhukovsky, affect the literary ideals of his time? 21. Give the chief facts in the life of Kryloff. 22. Give examples of his fables. 23. Describe the ancestry and early life of Pushkin. 24. What is his position in Russian literature? 25. How were his talents shown in Evgeny Onyegin? 26. What is the character of the soliloquy from Boris Godunoff? BIBLIOGRAPHY _The Memoirs of the Empress Katherine II._ Written by herself. _The Princess Dashkoff._ Memoirs written by herself, and containing letters of the Empress Katherine II. _Original Fables._ Kryloff. (The translation by Mr. Harrison, London, 1884, is regarded as the best of the twelve translations of Kryloff's works.) _Specimens from the Russian Poets._ 2 volumes. By Sir John Bowring. Specimens of poetry from Lomonosoff through Zhukovsky. _Prose Tales._ Alexander Pushkin. Translated by T. Keane. _Translations from Pushkin, in Memory of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Poet's Birthday._ C. E. Turner. FOOTNOTES: [5] I take this translation from Sir John Bowring's "Specimens of the Russian Poets," rather than attempt a metrical translation myself. It is reasonably close to the original--as close as most metrical translations are--and gives the spirit extremely well. Sir John Bowring adds the following footnote: "This is the poem of which Golovnin says in his narrative, that it has been rendered into Japanese, by order of the emperor, and hung up, embroidered in gold, in the Temple of Jeddo. I learn from the periodicals that an honor somewhat similar has been done in China to the same poem. It has been translated into the Chinese and Tartar languages, written on a piece of rich silk, and suspended in the imperial palace at Pekin." There are several editions of Sir John's book, the one here used being the second, 1821; but the author admits that in the first edition he stretched the poetic license further than he had a right to do, in this first verse. The book is now rare, but this statement will serve as a warning to those who may happen upon the first edition.