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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 dressing gown is the general wearing when Tchitchikov first visits him?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Crimson.
(c) Coral.
(d) Apricot.

2. What is the general doing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Crying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Drinking milk.
(d) Kissing his wife.

3. What is Andrey's housekeeper fond of?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Cats.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Figurines.

4. How many Corinthian columns are outside the general's house?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. Why does Captain Kopeykin become angry and disappear?
(a) He comes home from war to find his wife has left him.
(b) He is asked to fight in another war.
(c) He is considered a war criminal for torturing a man.
(d) He is not given a pension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tchitchikov tell the general that Andrey is writing about?

2. How many souls does Platon own?

3. How much money does Hlobuev receive when his aunt dies?

4. How does Platon seem to feel about life?

5. Whose house does Tchitchikov visit at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tchitchikov leave N?

3. Why is Tchitchikov interested in Platon?

4. Why do Anna and Sofia think Tchitchikov is collecting dead souls?

5. Why does Tchitchikov get a late start on his day the morning after Nozdroyov visits him?

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

7. What gossip does Sofia tell Anna?

8. Why does Tchitchikov spend time in prison prior to coming to N?

9. Why is Tchitchikov apprehensive about buying land from Hlobuev?

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

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