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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Clothesmender by Nikolay Leskov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bishop teach the three hermits to recite?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) The Holy Rosary.
(c) The Nicean Creed.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

2. 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) The post office.
(b) A gymnasium.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A mental asylum.

3. In "The Three Hermits", where is the Bishop sailing from?
(a) Irkutsk.
(b) Arkhangelsk.
(c) Vladivostok.
(d) Petersburg.

4. Whom does Lukerya's betrothed eventually marry?
(a) Lukerya's sister.
(b) Agrafena.
(c) Katerina.
(d) Anya.

5. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?
(a) Morbid.
(b) Dry.
(c) Thankless.
(d) Cheerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the stationmaster's name?

2. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?

3. What does the tailor's new wife say she will bring to the marriage in "The Clothesmender"?

4. How does the Bishop teach the three hermits to pray?

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

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