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

2. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?
(a) Lady Godiva.
(b) Catherine the Great.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) The Lady of Avalon.

3. What is the last thing Lukerya asks of Pyotr Petrovich?
(a) To find her lost daughter.
(b) To have his mother reduce the quit-rent for the peasants.
(c) To bring her back a deer from his next hunting trip.
(d) To give her some honey.

4. What does the Bishop suggest that the three hermits have heard of when he is teaching them to pray?
(a) The Lamb of God.
(b) The Holy Grail.
(c) The Holy Trinity.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

5. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?
(a) He sneezes.
(b) He coughs.
(c) He drops his bottle.
(d) He talks to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Lukerya betrothed when she is a young girl?

2. What does Ivan Ivanovich end his thinking with while sitting on the tombstone?

3. The young man who dies of "complications" goes to which doctor before he dies?

4. What does the narrator hope will loosen the stationmaster's tongue with regard to the whereabouts of his daughter?

5. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?

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