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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. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?
(a) Dolya Bridge.
(b) St. Isaac's Bridge.
(c) Anichkin Bridge.
(d) Police Bridge.

2. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?
(a) The Hittites.
(b) The Followers of Simon.
(c) The Canaanites.
(d) The Sons of Hagar.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?

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

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

5. What are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?

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