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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 does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?
(a) A democrat.
(b) A dog.
(c) An ant.
(d) A dictator.

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

3. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?
(a) Rabelais'.
(b) Mallarmé's.
(c) Balzac's.
(d) Voltaire's.

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

5. Where is the narrator in "The Stationmaster" traveling in May 1816?
(a) N. Province.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Novosibirsk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the stationmaster's daughter?

2. To where is Ivan Yakovlevich trying to escape when he is apprehended by the police?

3. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?

4. Who asks Ivan Ivanovich if he will ever be sober in "Bobok"?

5. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?

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