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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Platon seem to feel about life?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He is bored with it.
(c) He constantly worries about his life.
(d) He loves it.

2. How does Tchitchikov impress Lyenitsyn?
(a) By making friends with his servants.
(b) By showing him his fine jewelry.
(c) By playing with his son.
(d) By complementing his wife.

3. How much money does Hlobuev receive when his aunt dies?
(a) 60,000 rubles.
(b) 50,000 rubles.
(c) 30,000 rubles.
(d) 40,000 rubles.

4. How does Nozdroyov react when he realizes the men of town want to ask him about Tchitchikov?
(a) He is reluctant.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is unsure.

5. How much money does Tchitchikov make per year at his first job?
(a) 50 rubles.
(b) 45 rubles.
(c) 35 rubles.
(d) 60 rubles.

6. Why does Nozdroyov tell Tchitchikov that he came to visit him?
(a) To help him.
(b) To kill him.
(c) To sell his dead souls.
(d) To bring him back to the governor.

7. What does Tchitchikov tell Andrey he is missing?
(a) A best friend.
(b) The right tools to keep up his land.
(c) A wife.
(d) Proper control of his serfs.

8. What color is Sofia's house?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

9. Why has Tchitchikov not heard any of the rumors going around about him?
(a) He has been busy buying property.
(b) He has been visiting another town.
(c) He has been in a drunken stupor.
(d) He has been sick.

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

11. Whose house does Tchitchikov visit at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Kir.
(b) Adam.
(c) Martin.
(d) Pyetuh.

12. Why is Nozdroyov not a reliable source?
(a) He is often too drunk to remember things.
(b) He is gullible and believes everything he hears.
(c) He has a medical condition making him forget things.
(d) He makes up stories.

13. What is the one physical flaw of the general's daughter?
(a) She has gray hair.
(b) She is too plump.
(c) She is too thin.
(d) She is too short.

14. What do customs officials give Tchitchikov out of the kindness of their hearts when he gets out of prison?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Soup.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A comb.

15. Why does Sofia begin to defend herself to Anna?
(a) Anna accuses Sofia of trying to buy dead souls.
(b) Sofia does not want Anna to know that she is in love with Manilov.
(c) Anna tells Sofia that her outfit is out of style.
(d) Sofia feels like Anna thinks she has a crush on Tchitchikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the man selling his land to Tchitchikov refuse to ask for money?

2. What happens to Tchitchikov's partner in crime from the customs office?

3. Who is the man that sells Tchitchikov his land?

4. How much money does Vassilyevitch have?

5. What is the general doing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?

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