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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. 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.

2. 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 apiary.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) An amshanik.

3. 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?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A mental asylum.
(c) A gymnasium.
(d) The post office.

4. To what variety of collegiate assessors does Major Kovalyov belong?
(a) The Caucasus variety.
(b) The clerk variety.
(c) The scholarly variety.
(d) The cornelian variety.

5. The stationmaster's daughter tries to soothe the sick hussar traveler with what?
(a) Cough elixir.
(b) Bible readings.
(c) Singing by his bedside.
(d) A vinegar-soaked handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priest who comes to see Lukerya?

2. Gogol describes the doctor that Major Kovalyov goes to see as having pitch-black _____.

3. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?

4. What is the last thing Lukerya asks of Pyotr Petrovich?

5. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?

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