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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a friend of Ivan Ivanovich's say he thirsts to feel?
(a) Respect.
(b) Vodka going down his throat.
(c) Sedation.
(d) God's presence.

2. How are the three hermits described?
(a) As godly men.
(b) As great singers.
(c) As heathens.
(d) As warlocks.

3. Who tells the merchant the story of the three hermits?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A mercenary.
(c) A missionary.
(d) A fisherman.

4. Whom does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" marry?
(a) The woman he buys his thread from.
(b) His second cousin.
(c) The general's daughter.
(d) The sister of the assistant barman.

5. Who turns out to be following the ship the Bishop is on?
(a) The three hermits.
(b) A pirate ghost.
(c) The fisherman who initially told the story of the hermits.
(d) A whaling vessel.

6. What do the three hermits live in?
(a) A cave.
(b) A tree.
(c) An earth hut.
(d) Out in the open.

7. How does the Bishop teach the three hermits to pray?
(a) According to the teaching style of Rome.
(b) According to the Lord's scripture.
(c) By taking them back to the ship.
(d) Kneeling on the sand.

8. Who does Lukerya say has great patience when Pyotr Petrovich compliments her on her own patience?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) Simeon Stylites.
(d) Noah.

9. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?
(a) A large oaf.
(b) A busybody.
(c) A beak-nosed charlatan.
(d) As a veritable martyr.

10. To whose funeral does Ivan Ivanovich go in "Bobok"?
(a) A Major General's.
(b) A friend of a friend's.
(c) A Collegiate Councilor's.
(d) A former lover's.

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

12. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?
(a) A shaker.
(b) A chariot.
(c) A troika.
(d) A rickshaw.

13. Who wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter?
(a) Mrs. Osipovna.
(b) Mrs. Petrovna.
(c) Mrs. Podtochina.
(d) Mrs. Ivanovna.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the newspaper clerk offer Major Kovalyov as he is leaving his office?

2. Where is the Bishop sailing to in "The Three Hermits"?

3. Gogol describes the doctor that Major Kovalyov goes to see as having pitch-black _____.

4. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?

5. In "The Clothesmender," what does the tailor's grandfather sell?

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