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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?
(a) A plashet.
(b) An amshanik.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) An apiary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

2. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?

3. What is the device used to make Russian tea that the stationmaster asks his daughter to start for him when the narrator arrives?

4. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?

5. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?

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