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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. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?
(a) Pushkin Street.
(b) Kolya Avenue.
(c) Voznesensky Avenue.
(d) Krasnoy Street.

2. Gogol describes the doctor that Major Kovalyov goes to see as having pitch-black _____.
(a) Eyes.
(b) Boots.
(c) Pants.
(d) Sidewhiskers.

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

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

5. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?
(a) St. Isaac's Bridge.
(b) Anichkin Bridge.
(c) Dolya Bridge.
(d) Police Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?

2. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?

3. To where does the police officer who brings Major Kovalyov's nose back to him, say he has to go when he is offered a cup of tea?

4. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.

5. What is the device used to make Russian tea that the stationmaster asks his daughter to start for him when the narrator arrives?

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