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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Bondage by Fyodor Sologub.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Varka's employers do if she falls asleep?
(a) Send her for coal in the snow.
(b) Fire her.
(c) Lock her in the closet.
(d) Beat her.

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

3. What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

4. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) Ukrainian.
(b) Arabic.
(c) French.
(d) German.

5. What does the Bishop think is speeding toward his ship?
(a) A whale.
(b) A shark.
(c) A falling star.
(d) A small boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is painted into his portrait that vexes Ivan Ivanovich?

2. When the guests come to the house, in "Sleepy" what is Varka asked to run and get from the store?

3. What does the occupant of Room One from the beginning of "The Clothesmender" do when the tailor tries to comfort him at the end of the story?

4. What does the tailor call his wife in "The Clothesmender"?

5. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?

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