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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sleepy by Anton Chekhov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?
(a) Kazan Cathedral.
(b) Balshoi Theater.
(c) Kirov Cathedral.
(d) Nevsky Theater.

2. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.
(a) Doctor's.
(b) Bureaucrat's.
(c) No one's
(d) Fool's.

3. What will Varka's employers do if she falls asleep?
(a) Lock her in the closet.
(b) Fire her.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Send her for coal in the snow.

4. What does a friend of Ivan Ivanovich's say he thirsts to feel?
(a) God's presence.
(b) Sedation.
(c) Vodka going down his throat.
(d) Respect.

5. Who asks Ivan Ivanovich if he will ever be sober in "Bobok"?
(a) Semyon Ardalyonovich.
(b) Georgi Pavlov.
(c) Evgeni Fomavich.
(d) Maksim Markov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?

2. To whom is Lukerya betrothed when she is a young girl?

3. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?

4. What does Lukerya keep hearing on the day of her death in "The Living Relic"?

5. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?

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