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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?

2. What is the real last name of the occupant of Room One in "The Clothesmender"?

3. Where is the Bishop sailing to in "The Three Hermits"?

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

5. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor say about Major Kovalyov's missing nose?

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

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

4. According to the Bishop in "The Three Hermits", how does God reveal himself to men?

5. What happens when the narrator of "The Clothesmender" and the gossip are walking to the tailor's house to inspect the room?

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

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. What happens as the Bishop returns to the ship in "The Three Hermits"?

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

10. What does Pyotr Petrovich say about hunting in the rain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the story of the prodigal son on the stationmaster's wall in "The Stationmaster", by Pushkin. How does this allegory relate to the stationmaster's daughter in the main story?

Essay Topic 2

In "The Death of Dolgushov", what has happened in battle to cause Korochayev's situation? What does Afonka think will happen to him? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Bunin describe the woman in "Sunstroke"? What does she look like? What is her nature like? How do these things captivate the lieutenant?

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