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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?
(a) To get a subscription.
(b) To see if his nose has reported him missing.
(c) To put out an advertisement for his lost nose.
(d) To get a job.

2. What does Lukerya keep hearing on the day of her death in "The Living Relic"?
(a) Church bells.
(b) A chorus of angels.
(c) A lark.
(d) Swarms of bees.

3. What is the real last name of the occupant of Room One in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Markov.
(b) Vasilivich.
(c) Golitsyn.
(d) Laputin.

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

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

6. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The friar.
(b) The sexton.
(c) The nun.
(d) The candle maker.

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

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

9. What is painted into his portrait that vexes Ivan Ivanovich?
(a) A sea of pockmarks.
(b) A large chin.
(c) Forehead lines.
(d) Two warts.

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

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

12. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.
(a) Drug therapy.
(b) Hypnotism.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Sun exposure.

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

14. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Cornflowers.
(c) Baby's breath.
(d) Daisies.

15. What is the last thing Lukerya asks of Pyotr Petrovich?
(a) To find her lost daughter.
(b) To give her some honey.
(c) To have his mother reduce the quit-rent for the peasants.
(d) To bring her back a deer from his next hunting trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?

2. The stationmaster's daughter tries to soothe the sick hussar traveler with what?

3. What are the three hermits doing when the Bishop spies them through a spyglass?

4. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?

5. Why does Ivan Ivanovich surmise that coffins become so heavy?

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