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

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

3. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Novosibirsk.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Petersburg.

4. What does the newspaper clerk offer Major Kovalyov as he is leaving his office?
(a) A copy of Molière's "Cyrano de Bergerac".
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Bad advice.
(d) Snuff.

5. Who wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter?
(a) Mrs. Osipovna.
(b) Mrs. Ivanovna.
(c) Mrs. Petrovna.
(d) Mrs. Podtochina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

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

3. What grade is the stationmaster?

4. Where is the narrator in "The Stationmaster" traveling in May 1816?

5. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?

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