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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) An armyak and a poddyovka.
(b) A wedding dress.
(c) Two clergy robes.
(d) A krasnya kniga.

2. What does the Bishop offer the Captain in return for going to the island where the three hermits live?
(a) Payment.
(b) A job with the church.
(c) Solace.
(d) A new coat.

3. In "The Stationmaster," what is the traveler wearing who appears at the station three years before the narrator's second visit?
(a) A German patch.
(b) A sapphire ring
(c) A Circassian fur cap.
(d) A mink coat.

4. What is the weather like when the ship sets sail in "The Three Hermits"?
(a) Windy.
(b) Raining.
(c) Cold.
(d) Fair.

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

6. Who else is on the ship besides the Bishop in "The Three Hermits"?
(a) Pilgrims.
(b) Military personnel.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Dogs.

7. What are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?
(a) Game hens.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Ptarmigan.
(d) Black grouse.

8. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?
(a) Prince Golitsyn.
(b) Duke Sergeyevich.
(c) Baron Klinevich.
(d) Count Zakrevsky.

9. Whom does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" marry?
(a) The general's daughter.
(b) His second cousin.
(c) The sister of the assistant barman.
(d) The woman he buys his thread from.

10. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) German.
(b) Ukrainian.
(c) French.
(d) Arabic.

11. 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?
(a) A gymnasium.
(b) A hospital.
(c) The post office.
(d) A mental asylum.

12. Why does Ivan Ivanovich surmise that coffins become so heavy?
(a) The amount of sentimental items.
(b) The type of wood used.
(c) The satin lining.
(d) Inertia of the body.

13. What do the three hermits live in?
(a) A cave.
(b) An earth hut.
(c) Out in the open.
(d) A tree.

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

15. What are the three hermits doing when the Bishop spies them through a spyglass?
(a) Building a fire.
(b) Eating a fish.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Gathering water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "The Clothesmender" take place?

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

3. The stationmaster's daughter tries to soothe the sick hussar traveler with what?

4. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?

5. Who goes hunting with Pyotr Petrovich in "A Living Relic"?

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