View a FREE sample

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) Police Bridge.
(b) St. Isaac's Bridge.
(c) Dolya Bridge.
(d) Anichkin Bridge.

2. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?
(a) A shaker.
(b) A chariot.
(c) A rickshaw.
(d) A troika.

3. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?
(a) Stop 7.
(b) Station Y.
(c) Line 45.
(d) Station X.

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

5. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?
(a) Scholarly.
(b) Military.
(c) Government.
(d) Aristocratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stationmaster's name?

2. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?

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

4. Where does the hussar pretend he is taking the stationmaster's daughter when he abducts her?

5. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 208 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample