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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. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?
(a) A rickshaw.
(b) A chariot.
(c) A troika.
(d) A shaker.

2. With what does Ivan Ivanovich begin his thinking appropriate thoughts while sitting on the tombstone?
(a) Saving money.
(b) The Moscow Exhibition.
(c) His priest.
(d) Cleaning his mother's house.

3. What jewelry is often given to the stationmaster's daughter by ladies who pass through the station?
(a) Earrings.
(b) Rings.
(c) Necklaces.
(d) Brooches.

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

5. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?
(a) Kolya Avenue.
(b) Voznesensky Avenue.
(c) Krasnoy Street.
(d) Pushkin Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lukerya say has great patience when Pyotr Petrovich compliments her on her own patience?

2. Whom does Lukerya's betrothed eventually marry?

3. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?

4. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?

5. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?

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