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

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

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

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

5. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The nun.
(b) The candle maker.
(c) The friar.
(d) The sexton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?

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

4. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

5. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?

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