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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nose by Nikolay Gogol.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.
(a) Two holes.
(b) Smooth as a pancake.
(c) A large moon.
(d) Tough as a board.

3. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?
(a) A beak-nosed charlatan.
(b) As a veritable martyr.
(c) A large oaf.
(d) A busybody.

4. 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?
(a) The post office.
(b) A mental asylum.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A gymnasium.

5. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?
(a) A bowl of oatmeal.
(b) Hot bread with onion.
(c) Blini with caviar and cream.
(d) Tea and latkes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?

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

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

4. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.

5. What jewelry is often given to the stationmaster's daughter by ladies who pass through the station?

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