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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 do editors say that Ivan Ivanovich's stories lack when he brings them to their offices?
(a) Salt.
(b) Coherence.
(c) Humor.
(d) Dirt.

2. What is the stationmaster's name?
(a) Sasha Petrovich.
(b) Samson Vyrin.
(c) Nikolai Rensky.
(d) Kolya Ivanovich.

3. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) The old man and the sea.
(b) The prodigal son.
(c) The Crucifixion.
(d) The fall of Zeus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ivan Ivanovich surmise that coffins become so heavy?

2. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?

3. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?

4. To whom is Lukerya betrothed when she is a young girl?

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

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