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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. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?
(a) Anichkin Bridge.
(b) St. Isaac's Bridge.
(c) Police Bridge.
(d) Dolya Bridge.

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

3. 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) A gymnasium.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A mental asylum.
(d) The post office.

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

5. What is the name of the stationmaster's daughter?
(a) Anya.
(b) Svetlana.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Dunya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.

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

3. Where is the narrator in "The Stationmaster" traveling in May 1816?

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

5. In "The Stationmaster," what is the traveler wearing who appears at the station three years before the narrator's second visit?

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