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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Andrey wear most of the time?
2. What is Andrey's housekeeper fond of?
3. What does Nozdroyov tell the men in town he helped Tchitchikov do?
4. Who does the man selling his land to Tchitchikov refuse to ask for money?
5. How does Nozdroyov react when he realizes the men of town want to ask him about Tchitchikov?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Ulinka's appearance.
2. Why do Anna and Sofia think Tchitchikov is collecting dead souls?
3. What happens when Tchitchikov tries to go to the governor's house?
4. Why do the men of N. decide they do not want to be associated with Tchitchikov?
5. What gossip does Sofia tell Anna?
6. Why is Tchitchikov interested in Platon?
7. How does the general react when Tchitchikov tells him that Andrey is sorry for their disagreement?
8. Why does Tchitchikov spend time in prison prior to coming to N?
9. Why does Lyenitsyn considering selling his dead souls to Tchitchikov?
10. Why does Andrey stop pursuing Ulinka?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of Selifan and Petrushka? How are they relevant to the story? How does Tchitchikov treat them? How does the narrator treat them? What point is the author making by giving two serfs a large role in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
What is significant about the houses of the people that Tchitchikov visits? Why do you think the author gives such vivid descriptions of the houses and their furnishings? How do the homes reflect their owners? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Explore the character Madame Korobotcha. What role does she play in the story? What is interesting about the way Tchitchikov treats her? How does Madame Korobotcha's role in the story help the reader to get a better idea about the motives and true nature of Tchitchikov?
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