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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. How many souls does Platon own?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 500.

2. What does Skudronzhoglo share with Tchitchikov over dinner?
(a) His marital issues.
(b) A plan to sell his dead souls.
(c) What he has done to accumulate his wealth.
(d) Stories about the general.

3. Who arrives in N at the start of Part 1, Chapter 9?
(a) Plyushkin.
(b) Madame Korobotcha.
(c) Sobakevitch.
(d) Tyentyetnikov.

4. How does Platon seem to feel about life?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He hates it.
(c) He constantly worries about his life.
(d) He is bored with it.

5. What political leader do some townspeople think Tchitchikov might be?
(a) Thomas Lawrence.
(b) King George III.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color dressing gown is the general wearing when Tchitchikov first visits him?

2. What is Andrey's housekeeper fond of?

3. What color is Sofia's house?

4. Who is the man that sells Tchitchikov his land?

5. Who does Petrushka become friends with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Andrey quit his first job in Petersburg?

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

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

4. Why does Tchitchikov leave N?

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

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

7. Why do people assume that Tchitchikov caused the prosecutor's death?

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

9. Why is Tchitchikov interested in Platon?

10. What does Skudronzhoglo tell Tchitchikov about getting rich?

(see the answer keys)

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