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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 Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?
(a) Kirov Cathedral.
(b) Kazan Cathedral.
(c) Balshoi Theater.
(d) Nevsky Theater.

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

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

4. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.
(a) Sun exposure.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Drug therapy.
(d) Hypnotism.

5. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?
(a) Yakovlevich.
(b) Yarygin.
(c) Nevsky.
(d) Ivanovich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?

2. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?

3. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?

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?

5. The stationmaster's daughter tries to soothe the sick hussar traveler with what?

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