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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lukerya ask Pyotr Petrovich if he remembers as he is leaving the bee hut?
(a) Her red slippers.
(b) Her strong arms.
(c) Her gold dress.
(d) Her long braid.

2. In "The Clothesmender," what is the tailor's real last name?
(a) Yulkin.
(b) Vasily.
(c) Laputin.
(d) Ivanovich.

3. In "The Three Hermits", where is the Bishop sailing from?
(a) Arkhangelsk.
(b) Vladivostok.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Irkutsk.

4. What does the lady passing by a year prior to the story, "A Living Relic" give to Lukerya?
(a) Lotion for dry skin.
(b) A red scarf.
(c) Medicine for sleeplessness.
(d) A book on suffering.

5. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?
(a) Station Y.
(b) Line 45.
(c) Stop 7.
(d) Station X.

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

7. What is the tailor handed when he walks into Room One after being summoned there by the occupant?
(a) The garment he mended.
(b) A pot of money.
(c) The key to the room.
(d) A glass of wine.

8. What does Ivan Ivanovich not like reading?
(a) Obituaries.
(b) Propaganda posters.
(c) Epitaphs.
(d) Newspapers.

9. Where does the hussar pretend he is taking the stationmaster's daughter when he abducts her?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Her friend's house.
(c) Mass.
(d) The store.

10. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?
(a) Friends.
(b) Gold pieces.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Flowers.

11. To what variety of collegiate assessors does Major Kovalyov belong?
(a) The cornelian variety.
(b) The clerk variety.
(c) The scholarly variety.
(d) The Caucasus variety.

12. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Novosibirsk.
(d) Latvia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?

2. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?

3. What is the weather like when the ship sets sail in "The Three Hermits"?

4. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.

5. What does the Bishop think is speeding toward his ship?

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