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

2. To where is Ivan Yakovlevich trying to escape when he is apprehended by the police?
(a) Riga.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Kamchatka.
(d) Moscow.

3. To what variety of collegiate assessors does Major Kovalyov belong?
(a) The clerk variety.
(b) The cornelian variety.
(c) The Caucasus variety.
(d) The scholarly variety.

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

5. The stationmaster's daughter tries to soothe the sick hussar traveler with what?
(a) Cough elixir.
(b) A vinegar-soaked handkerchief.
(c) Singing by his bedside.
(d) Bible readings.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?

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

5. 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?

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