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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 Anna wave at the short man?

2. What does the Governor ask Khlestakov if he wants to do?

3. Who does the Servant say sent him up?

4. What country does the Postmaster think Russia will go to war with?

5. What have the attendants turned the entrance hall into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the women angry at the Mayor?

2. What do the officials think is the best way to handle the Inspector?

3. How does Anna try to put down Maria?

4. How does Khlestakov tease the Inspector of Schools?

5. Why do the officials leave the house?

6. How does Khlestakov react when Maria tells him he has gone too far?

7. What story do Dobchinksky and Bobchinsky tell?

8. What do Anna and Maria argue about?

9. Why does Osip want to leave town?

10. What does Osip tell Khlestakov about the Landlord?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's dialogue. How does Gogol's dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

What is an aside? When and why is it used? How does Gogol use asides in his play? How is an aside different from a soliloquy?

Essay Topic 3

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR is a satire.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

In what way did the the play help to set the template for similar satires? Does modern literature still use the ideas Gogol uses in THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR?

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