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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. How does Klestakov say he wishes to travel?

2. What does the governor not want Ivanovich's patients to be doing?

3. What does the Governor say his salary is not enough for?

4. What language does Artemy say the doctor does not know?

5. What does the Governor say the assessor reeks of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Inspector of Schools show his nervousness?

2. What do Anna and Maria argue about?

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

4. Why does Khlestakov say he is traveling?

5. What does Anna order Maria to do?

6. What do the Chief of Police and the Mayor talk about?

7. Why does Anna think Maria is to blame?

8. How does Khlestakov react when Osip tells him the Mayor has arrived?

9. What does Klestakov say about his stay so far?

10. Why does Khlestakov want Osip to bring him a pen and paper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Gogol's life and career. What else did Gogol write and what similarities does his other work share with the Government Inspector? In what way are his life and personality reflected in his work?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1830s? How does Gogol express these concerns?

2) How would the author have to change the play if it were set in today's society?

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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