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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Yuletide Story by Mikhail Zoshchenko.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the master's apprentice who snores in "Sleepy"?
(a) Constantine.
(b) Sergei.
(c) Georgi.
(d) Afanasy.

2. On which day do Martin Martinych and Masha board up the study?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Intercession Day.
(c) Unity Day.
(d) Christmas.

3. What does Dolgushov give to the narrator?
(a) Twenty rubles.
(b) His papers.
(c) A love letter to his girlfriend.
(d) His mother's ring.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the woman who comes to the doctor's office in "Yuletide Story" described?

2. What does Dolgushov say to use on him when the narrator finds him?

3. Why does the second hermit have trouble reciting what the Bishop teaches him?

4. From what language does Ivan Ivanovich translate books for booksellers?

5. With what does Ivan Ivanovich begin his thinking appropriate thoughts while sitting on the tombstone?

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