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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do all the townspeople meet at the end of Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) The government building.
(b) The police chief's house.
(c) In the hotel lobby.
(d) At the governor's house.

2. How far away is the general's house from Andrey's house?
(a) 7 miles.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 13 miles.

3. What is Andrey's job?
(a) Collegiate secretary.
(b) Librarian.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Clergyman.

4. What is Andrey's housekeeper fond of?
(a) Figurines.
(b) Cats.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Sweets.

5. What does the narrator compare Russia to?
(a) A troika.
(b) A polar bear.
(c) A tank.
(d) A young child.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many souls does Platon own?

2. How many Corinthian columns are outside the general's house?

3. Where do Platon and Tchitchikov go during Part 2, Chapter 3?

4. How long does it take Tchitchikov to get to the general's house?

5. Whom is Tchitchikov going to meet at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Anna and Sofia think Tchitchikov is collecting dead souls?

2. Why do people assume that Tchitchikov caused the prosecutor's death?

3. How does Andrey react when Tchitchikov visits him?

4. Why does Tchitchikov spend time in prison prior to coming to N?

5. Why does Andrey stop pursuing Ulinka?

6. Why is Tchitchikov interested in Platon?

7. Why does the postmaster of N. think Tchitchikov might be Captain Kopeykin?

8. What does Andrey do for work?

9. Why does Madame Korobotcha come to N?

10. Why is Tchitchikov thrown in prison in Part 2, Chapter 5?

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