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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 Khlestakov ask the Governor to give him?

2. Where is the Inspector General from?

3. What does the Governor say Bobchinsky is sprawling like?

4. Where does the captain say he just was?

5. What dress does Anna tell Marya to put on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Osip want to leave town?

2. How did the Postmaster find out "the inspector" is not an Inspector after all?

3. Summarize the play.

4. What do Maria and Anna argue about?

5. What does Khlestakov think about the food?

6. How does the Warden think they should handle the Inspector?

7. What does the Inspector of Schools say in an aside about gambling?

8. Why does the Mayor give Khlestakov 400 rubles?

9. How do the Mayor and Anna react to Osip telling them that his master likes to hear that he is treated well?

10. What is Osip's opinion of his master, Khlestakov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the differences between a play and a film in terms of the following:

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the values of the 1830s.

1) In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2) How does the play express the changes Russian was going through at the time?

3) Does modern society share any values with 1830s Russia?

Essay Topic 3

What is a soliloquy? When and why is it used? How does Gogol use soliloquies in his play?

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