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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Gold pieces.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Friends.

2. To whose funeral does Ivan Ivanovich go in "Bobok"?
(a) A Major General's.
(b) A former lover's.
(c) A friend of a friend's.
(d) A Collegiate Councilor's.

3. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?
(a) An apiary.
(b) An amshanik.
(c) A plashet.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

4. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?
(a) Ivanovich.
(b) Yakovlevich.
(c) Nevsky.
(d) Yarygin.

5. To what variety of collegiate assessors does Major Kovalyov belong?
(a) The Caucasus variety.
(b) The cornelian variety.
(c) The scholarly variety.
(d) The clerk variety.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a friend of Ivan Ivanovich's say he thirsts to feel?

2. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?

3. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?

4. What is the last thing Lukerya asks of Pyotr Petrovich?

5. With what does Ivan Ivanovich begin his thinking appropriate thoughts while sitting on the tombstone?

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