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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 did the Captain send Sergeant Pugovichyn to do?

2. What does Anna say Khlestakov must have found unpleasant?

3. What does Osip say he could eat up?

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

5. What does Khlestakov ask the Governor to give him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Mayor give Khlestakov 400 rubles?

2. How does Dobchinsky describe the inspector?

3. 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?

4. What do Anna and the Mayor fantasize about doing when their daughter marries the Inspector?

5. What does the Mayor ask the Postmaster to do?

6. What does Khlestakov say he will do if the Mayor will not allow him to marry Maria?

7. Why does Osip want to leave town?

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

9. How does the Mayor react to the letter?

10. What does Anna order Maria to do?

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

In 1952, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR was made into a film called REVIZOR. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book aree still relevant 100 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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