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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. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?
(a) Military.
(b) Scholarly.
(c) Aristocratic.
(d) Government.

2. What does Major Kovalyov give the police officer as he is leaving?
(a) Snuff.
(b) Some bread.
(c) A red bank note.
(d) A gold watch.

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

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

5. What is the name of the stationmaster's daughter?
(a) Dunya.
(b) Svetlana.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Anya.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

2. What grade is the stationmaster?

3. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.

4. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?

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

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