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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.
(a) No one's
(b) Bureaucrat's.
(c) Fool's.
(d) Doctor's.

2. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?
(a) Mesquite and mahogany.
(b) Rosemary and thyme.
(c) Lavender and roses.
(d) Mint and melissa.

3. From what language does Ivan Ivanovich translate books for booksellers?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Croatian.
(d) Polish.

4. Who asks Ivan Ivanovich if he will ever be sober in "Bobok"?
(a) Georgi Pavlov.
(b) Evgeni Fomavich.
(c) Semyon Ardalyonovich.
(d) Maksim Markov.

5. What does Lukerya keep hearing on the day of her death in "The Living Relic"?
(a) Church bells.
(b) A chorus of angels.
(c) A lark.
(d) Swarms of bees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.

2. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?

3. What does Ivan Ivanovich end his thinking with while sitting on the tombstone?

4. Who goes hunting with Pyotr Petrovich in "A Living Relic"?

5. Who suggests in "Bobok" that the corpses should no longer be ashamed?

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