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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Gives him more money.
(b) Offers him a new job as a clerk.
(c) Hits him with a stick.
(d) Shoots him.

2. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?
(a) Kirov Cathedral.
(b) Nevsky Theater.
(c) Kazan Cathedral.
(d) Balshoi Theater.

3. What does the tailor's new wife say she will bring to the marriage in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Luck.
(c) A huge dowry.
(d) Many children.

4. What does the tailor call his wife in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Irinka.
(b) Mashenka.
(c) Anya.
(d) Natalyoshka.

5. In "The Clothesmender," what does the tailor's grandfather sell?
(a) Shoe polish.
(b) Insoles.
(c) Shoe leather.
(d) Shoelaces.

6. Where does "The Clothesmender" take place?
(a) Novohrad.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

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

8. 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.

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

10. What does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" have a special gift for?
(a) Pressing.
(b) Darning.
(c) Cutting.
(d) Fitting.

11. Where is the narrator in "The Stationmaster" traveling in May 1816?
(a) Novosibirsk.
(b) N. Province.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Siberia.

12. What does the newspaper clerk offer Major Kovalyov as he is leaving his office?
(a) A copy of Molière's "Cyrano de Bergerac".
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Bad advice.
(d) Snuff.

13. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?
(a) Tea and latkes.
(b) Hot bread with onion.
(c) A bowl of oatmeal.
(d) Blini with caviar and cream.

14. To where does the police officer who brings Major Kovalyov's nose back to him, say he has to go when he is offered a cup of tea?
(a) A mental asylum.
(b) A gymnasium.
(c) A hospital.
(d) The post office.

15. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?
(a) Kolya Avenue.
(b) Krasnoy Street.
(c) Pushkin Street.
(d) Voznesensky Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the three hermits live in?

2. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

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

4. What are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?

5. Where does the hussar pretend he is taking the stationmaster's daughter when he abducts her?

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