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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 the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?
(a) A bank note.
(b) A compliment.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Manicures.

2. Where does the hussar pretend he is taking the stationmaster's daughter when he abducts her?
(a) Mass.
(b) Lunch.
(c) The store.
(d) Her friend's house.

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

4. Who suggests in "Bobok" that the corpses should no longer be ashamed?
(a) Ivan Ivanovich.
(b) Kudeyarov.
(c) Catiche.
(d) Klinevich.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the priest who comes to see Lukerya?

3. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?

4. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?

5. To where does the police officer who brings Major Kovalyov's nose back to him, say he has to go when he is offered a cup of tea?

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