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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Living Relic by Ivan Turgenev.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.
(a) Doctor's.
(b) No one's
(c) Fool's.
(d) Bureaucrat's.

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

3. To whom is Lukerya betrothed when she is a young girl?
(a) Vasily Polyakov.
(b) Borislav Ivanovich.
(c) Sergei Andropov.
(d) Nikolai Bogdanovich.

4. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?
(a) Baby's breath.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Cornflowers.

5. What does Lukerya keep hearing on the day of her death in "The Living Relic"?
(a) A lark.
(b) A chorus of angels.
(c) Swarms of bees.
(d) Church bells.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?

3. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?

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

5. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?

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