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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 talent of the governor's impresses Tchitchikov?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Carpentry.
(d) Embroidering.

2. Where is Tchitchikov going when he runs into Manilov?
(a) Back to the hotel.
(b) To see a doctor.
(c) The government building.
(d) To buy more souls from a wealthy man.

3. What type of pest does Tchitchikov see on the clock in Plyushkin's house?
(a) A spider.
(b) A roach.
(c) A fly.
(d) An ant.

4. What day of the week does Tchitchikov bathe?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Tuesday.

5. How have many of Sobakevitch's souls died?
(a) They were slaughtered.
(b) Starvation.
(c) A farm accident.
(d) Old age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plyushkin wish he had given Tchitchikov after he leaves?

2. Where does Sobakevitch tell Tchitchikov he should not go?

3. What is the name of Plyushkin's eldest daughter?

4. What does Tchitchikov order for dinner in Part 1: Chapter 4?

5. Whom does Tchitchikov tell Sobakevitch he likes the most of everyone he has met?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tchitchikov make himself feel better about not going after the young girl he meets?

2. Why does Tchitchikov need to go to the government building?

3. What happens when Tchitchikov asks the clerk to complete his sales?

4. Why does Petrushka smell bad?

5. Why does Manilov decide to sell his dead souls to Tchitchikov?

6. Why is Plyushkin so miserable?

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

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

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

10. What does the Narrator say about the women of N?

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