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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) Fool's.
(b) Bureaucrat's.
(c) No one's
(d) Doctor's.

2. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?
(a) The Canaanites.
(b) The Followers of Simon.
(c) The Hittites.
(d) The Sons of Hagar.

3. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The nun.
(b) The candle maker.
(c) The sexton.
(d) The friar.

4. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Ukrainian.
(d) Arabic.

5. What is the last thing Lukerya asks of Pyotr Petrovich?
(a) To have his mother reduce the quit-rent for the peasants.
(b) To bring her back a deer from his next hunting trip.
(c) To give her some honey.
(d) To find her lost daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what variety of collegiate assessors does Major Kovalyov belong?

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

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

4. What does a friend who stops by Ivan Ivanovich's place say of his writing style?

5. Where does Lukerya lead the singing when she is young?

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