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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 Tchitchikov ask the servant at the hotel about?
(a) The religious beliefs of the hotel owner.
(b) The single women in town.
(c) The job openings in town.
(d) The prominent people in town.

2. What do townspeople worry will happen with Tchitchikov's new souls?
(a) They will revolt.
(b) They will be lazy.
(c) They will be impossible to feed.
(d) They will be immoral.

3. During what time does Dead Souls take place?
(a) The 1800s.
(b) The 1400s.
(c) The 1900s.
(d) The 1500s.

4. How many dead souls does Plyushkin own?
(a) 256.
(b) 209.
(c) 78.
(d) 12.

5. How long does it take Tchitchikov to prepare the paperwork for the official purchase of his dead souls?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 90 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Tchitchikov's leather trunk?

2. What design is the wallpaper at Madame Korobotcha's estate?

3. How many souls does Plyushkin own?

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

5. Who comes into Nozdroyov's house looking for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Plyushkin's appearance.

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

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

4. What does Sobakevitch say about Plyushkin?

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

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

7. What does Tchitchikov see as he approaches Sobakevitch's house?

8. Describe Tchitchikov's hotel room.

9. How does Tchitchikov spend his first day in N?

10. Why does Tchitchikov think Nozdroyov would be a good person to buy dead souls from?

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