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

2. What is the device used to make Russian tea that the stationmaster asks his daughter to start for him when the narrator arrives?
(a) A samovar.
(b) A tea press.
(c) A tea ball.
(d) A copper kettle.

3. Where does the hussar pretend he is taking the stationmaster's daughter when he abducts her?
(a) The store.
(b) Mass.
(c) Her friend's house.
(d) Lunch.

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

5. Gogol describes the doctor that Major Kovalyov goes to see as having pitch-black _____.
(a) Pants.
(b) Boots.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Sidewhiskers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the newspaper clerk offer Major Kovalyov as he is leaving his office?

2. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?

3. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.

4. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

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

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