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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter 5 (pages 351 - 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tchitchikov and Selifan hear while traveling in the rain that makes them realize they have reached a village?
(a) A meowing cat.
(b) A braying mule.
(c) A barking dog.
(d) A singing bird.

2. Why could Tchitchikov not be Captain Kopeykin?
(a) Tchitchikov is much too young.
(b) Tchitchikov's skin is too light.
(c) Tchitchikov is too short.
(d) Tchitchikov is not missing limbs.

3. What is the general doing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Crying.
(b) Drinking milk.
(c) Kissing his wife.
(d) Laughing.

4. How many of the servants of Madame Korobotcha died?
(a) 86.
(b) 3.
(c) 112.
(d) 18.

5. Why does Selifan not have the chaise ready for Tchitchikov?
(a) A wheel is broken.
(b) Selifan ran the chaise into a tree.
(c) An axel is broken.
(d) The harnesses have come off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare Russia to?

2. Where do Platon and Tchitchikov go during Part 2, Chapter 3?

3. What do the women of N. often use as visiting cards?

4. What is Tchitchikov's most attractive feature?

5. What has Nozdroyov been doing when he meets with Tchitchikov?

(see the answer key)

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