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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sleepy by Anton Chekhov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?
(a) Thankless.
(b) Dry.
(c) Morbid.
(d) Cheerful.

2. What does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" have a special gift for?
(a) Cutting.
(b) Pressing.
(c) Darning.
(d) Fitting.

3. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?
(a) To get a subscription.
(b) To get a job.
(c) To put out an advertisement for his lost nose.
(d) To see if his nose has reported him missing.

4. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.
(a) Mausoleums.
(b) Carriages.
(c) Catacombs.
(d) Catafalques.

5. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.
(a) Two holes.
(b) Tough as a board.
(c) Smooth as a pancake.
(d) A large moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose funeral does Ivan Ivanovich go in "Bobok"?

2. When the guests come to the house, in "Sleepy" what is Varka asked to run and get from the store?

3. Who is staying in Room One the next New Year's Eve in "The Clothesmender"?

4. Where is Lukerya taken when the weather gets cold?

5. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?

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