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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 serfs is Tchitchikov given when he gets out of prison?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) None.
(d) 1.

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

3. How long does the laborer say it will take to fix the chaise?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

4. How does Nozdroyov react when he realizes the men of town want to ask him about Tchitchikov?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is reluctant.
(d) He is unsure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andrey leave the general's house?

2. What is the general doing at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Whom is Tchitchikov going to meet at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5?

4. How long does it take Tchitchikov to get to the general's house?

5. What happens to Tchitchikov's partner in crime from the customs office?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vassilyevitch offer to help Hlobuev with his money problems?

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

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

4. Why is Tchitchikov interested in Platon?

5. Why does Andrey stop pursuing Ulinka?

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

7. What does Andrey do for work?

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

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

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

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