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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. Who agrees to loan Tchitchikov money?
(a) Platon.
(b) Koshkaryov.
(c) Pyetuh.
(d) Skudronzhoglo.

2. How much money does Vassilyevitch have?
(a) 800,000 rubles.
(b) 3 million rubles.
(c) 1 billion rubles.
(d) 10 million rubles.

3. How does Platon plan to be entertained?
(a) By opening a shop in town.
(b) By traveling with Tchitchikov.
(c) By purchasing more souls.
(d) By playing in a band.

4. What does everything at the general's house smell like?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Cut grass.
(c) Oil paint.
(d) Sawdust.

5. Who helps Tchitchikov get out of prison?
(a) Hlobuev.
(b) Platon.
(c) Pyetuh.
(d) Vassilyevitch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Anna's dogs?

2. Whose house does Tchitchikov visit at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 3?

3. How does Nozdroyov react when he realizes the men of town want to ask him about Tchitchikov?

4. Who is the man that sells Tchitchikov his land?

5. What is Skudronzhoglo's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tchitchikov apprehensive about buying land from Hlobuev?

2. Why does Nozdroyov go to visit Tchitchikov?

3. Why does Tchitchikov leave N?

4. Why does Madame Korobotcha come to N?

5. What happens when Tchitchikov tries to go to the governor's house?

6. Why does Lyenitsyn considering selling his dead souls to Tchitchikov?

7. Why does Andrey quit his first job in Petersburg?

8. Why does Tchitchikov get a late start on his day the morning after Nozdroyov visits him?

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

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

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