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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 the governor say Derzhimorda should not be so free with?

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

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

4. What does Osip say he does not need?

5. What does the Governor ask is ready?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Mayor think other towns are too busy to show people around?

2. Why does the Mayor say Anna should be ashamed?

3. How do the Merchants react to the Mayor's anger?

4. Why does the Mayor's letter talk about caviar and herring?

5. Why are the Merchants angry at the Mayor?

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

7. Why does the Mayor panic when he hears the Inspector is already in town?

8. What do Maria and Anna argue about?

9. What does Khlestakov brag to the women about?

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

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

Pick two characters from the play and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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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