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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. Why can't Prokhorov leave the house?

2. What character enters the room in Scene 2?

3. What newspaper does the Postmaster say some letters are more edifying than?

4. What possession of the governor's in scratched?

5. What does the Governor ask the Inspector General not to do to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dobchinsky describe the inspector?

2. Why are the women angry at the Mayor?

3. How does Khlestakov tease the Inspector of Schools?

4. Why does Khlestakov refuse the Mayor's offer of better accommodation?

5. Why does Osip want to leave town?

6. Why does the Mayor want to get the Inspector drunk?

7. How does the Mayor react when the Chief of Police tells him he is wearing a hat box on his head instead of his hat?

8. What does Osip complain about?

9. What does the Mayor tell the Merchants?

10. How does the Mayor decide to proceed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How does Gogol structure the play? In what way is the play structured differently from other plays? How does the play's structure contribute to the play's themes and humor?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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