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

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

3. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The candle maker.
(b) The friar.
(c) The nun.
(d) The sexton.

4. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?
(a) Mint and melissa.
(b) Mesquite and mahogany.
(c) Rosemary and thyme.
(d) Lavender and roses.

5. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?
(a) Nevsky.
(b) Yakovlevich.
(c) Ivanovich.
(d) Yarygin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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