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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 Madame Korobotcha complain about to Tchitchikov?
(a) Her drinking problem.
(b) Her terrible servants.
(c) Her insomnia.
(d) Her animals that will not breed.

2. In Part 1, Chapter 8, why do people become more attracted to Tchitchikov?
(a) They find out that he is poor.
(b) They want to find him a girlfriend.
(c) They think he is a millionaire.
(d) They feel sorry for him.

3. What piece of furniture is unfinished in Manilov's study?
(a) Rugs.
(b) Tapestries.
(c) Armchairs.
(d) Desk.

4. How much does Tchitchikov speculate the beautiful young woman's dowry is?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 65,000.

5. What does Nozdroyov reveal to Tchitchikov in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) He never finished school.
(b) He has gambled away a lot of money.
(c) He has a drinking problem.
(d) He has been cheating on his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the president have in mind to look after Tchitchikov's peasants?

2. Why are the townspeople interested in Tchitchikov?

3. What happens to Plyushkin's son?

4. What is the name of Sobakevitch's wife?

5. In what Ianguage do the women of N often speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people at the police captain's house treat Tchitchikov at the end of Part 1, Chapter 7?

2. Why is Plyushkin so miserable?

3. Why does Plyushkin sell his dead souls to Tchitchikov?

4. How do the women at the ball feel about Tchitchikov's interest in the general's daughter?

5. Why does Madame Korobotcha sell her souls to Tchitchikov?

6. Describe Madame Korobotcha's house.

7. Why do the people of N. take such an interest in Tchitchikov?

8. Why does the narrator not go into detail about Selifan?

9. Why does become Nozdroyov become angry with Tchitchikov and attacks him?

10. How does Madame Korobotcha react when Tchitchikov wants to buy her dead souls?

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