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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nose by Nikolay Gogol.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where is Ivan Yakovlevich trying to escape when he is apprehended by the police?
(a) Riga.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Kamchatka.

2. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.
(a) Tough as a board.
(b) Smooth as a pancake.
(c) A large moon.
(d) Two holes.

3. What is the name of the stationmaster's daughter?
(a) Natalya.
(b) Svetlana.
(c) Dunya.
(d) Anya.

4. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?
(a) Station X.
(b) Line 45.
(c) Station Y.
(d) Stop 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What jewelry is often given to the stationmaster's daughter by ladies who pass through the station?

2. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?

3. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.

4. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?

5. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?

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