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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sunstroke by Ivan Bunin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor call his wife in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Irinka.
(b) Mashenka.
(c) Anya.
(d) Natalyoshka.

2. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) An armyak and a poddyovka.
(b) Two clergy robes.
(c) A krasnya kniga.
(d) A wedding dress.

3. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?
(a) A dog trainer.
(b) A deacon.
(c) An executioner.
(d) A lieutenant.

4. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?
(a) An amshanik.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) A plashet.
(d) An apiary.

5. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?
(a) Count Zakrevsky.
(b) Prince Golitsyn.
(c) Baron Klinevich.
(d) Duke Sergeyevich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the occupant of Room One from the beginning of "The Clothesmender" do when the tailor tries to comfort him at the end of the story?

2. What is the French name of the tailor?

3. What does Lukerya ask Pyotr Petrovich if he remembers as he is leaving the bee hut?

4. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

5. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?

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