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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 Ivan Ivanovich end his thinking with while sitting on the tombstone?
(a) Legendary status.
(b) Languidness.
(c) Astonishment.
(d) Subliminal messages.

2. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?
(a) Count Zakrevsky.
(b) Prince Golitsyn.
(c) Duke Sergeyevich.
(d) Baron Klinevich.

3. The young man who dies of "complications" goes to which doctor before he dies?
(a) Eck.
(b) Vasiliev.
(c) Botkin.
(d) Schultz.

4. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?
(a) Voltaire's.
(b) Balzac's.
(c) Mallarmé's.
(d) Rabelais'.

5. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?
(a) An executioner.
(b) A deacon.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) A dog trainer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of clothing does the occupant of Room One need repaired in "The Clothesmender"?

2. What is the tailor handed when he walks into Room One after being summoned there by the occupant?

3. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?

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

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

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