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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?
(a) He drops his bottle.
(b) He coughs.
(c) He sneezes.
(d) He talks to them.

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

3. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The friar.
(b) The sexton.
(c) The candle maker.
(d) The nun.

4. What does Ivan Ivanovich not like reading?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Obituaries.
(c) Propaganda posters.
(d) Epitaphs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

3. Where is Lukerya taken when the weather gets cold?

4. Who turns out to be following the ship the Bishop is on?

5. How do the three hermits greet the Bishop when he lands on their island?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Clothesmender", who stays at the hotel opposite the Governor-General's house and why?

2. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?

3. How does the fisherman end up on the island with the three hermits?

4. What are the two different types of collegiate assessors?

5. In "The Stationmaster", what is the narrator's main concern when he arrives at station X?

6. Why do the three hermits walk on water and chase the ship?

7. What does the benefactor from Room One do to the sign the tailor originally has up in front of his shop and how does he remedy the situation?

8. How does Pyotr Petrovich interpret Lukerya's face when he encounters her in the bee hut?

9. What is Ivan Ivanovich's impression of the voices coming from the graves when he first hears them?

10. Who visits the stationmaster's grave at the end of the story and what does he realize?

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