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

2. How much money does Vassilyevitch have?
(a) 3 million rubles.
(b) 10 million rubles.
(c) 800,000 rubles.
(d) 1 billion rubles.

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

4. What do the men of N start to think Tchitchikov is?
(a) A wanted criminal.
(b) A German.
(c) A spy.
(d) A policeman.

5. How many bottles of champagne does Tchitchikov drink with the man he buys land from?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tchitchikov borrow money?

2. What is Pyetuh's first name?

3. Why does Andrey quit his job in Petersburg?

4. How much money does Tchitchikov want to pay for the land he buys?

5. To whom does Tchitchikov tell the general his uncle might leave his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ulinka's appearance.

2. How does Tchitchikov feel about General Betrishtchev when he meets him?

3. Why do the men of N. decide they do not want to be associated with Tchitchikov?

4. What reason does Tchitchikov give for why he wants to buy General Betrishtchev's dead souls?

5. Why is Tchitchikov happy to make Skudronzhoglo's acquaintance?

6. What does Skudronzhoglo tell Tchitchikov about getting rich?

7. How does Andrey react when Tchitchikov visits him?

8. Why does the postmaster of N. think Tchitchikov might be Captain Kopeykin?

9. What does Nozdroyov tell the other men about Tchitchikov?

10. How does the general react when Tchitchikov tells him that Andrey is sorry for their disagreement?

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