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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the second hermit have trouble reciting what the Bishop teaches him?
(a) Because he doesn't speak the same language.
(b) Because he is deaf.
(c) Because his whiskers are overgrown.
(d) Because he won't listen.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?
(a) An apiary.
(b) A plashet.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) An amshanik.

7. Whom does Lukerya's betrothed eventually marry?
(a) Agrafena.
(b) Katerina.
(c) Anya.
(d) Lukerya's sister.

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

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

10. With what does Ivan Ivanovich begin his thinking appropriate thoughts while sitting on the tombstone?
(a) Saving money.
(b) His priest.
(c) The Moscow Exhibition.
(d) Cleaning his mother's house.

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

12. What item of clothing does the occupant of Room One need repaired in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) A bow tie.
(b) A sock.
(c) A tailcoat.
(d) A pair of pants.

13. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?
(a) Ivanovich.
(b) Yarygin.
(c) Nevsky.
(d) Yakovlevich.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.

2. Who does Lukerya say has great patience when Pyotr Petrovich compliments her on her own patience?

3. Who in the church suggests a place for the narrator to live in "The Clothesmender"?

4. What does the Bishop offer the Captain in return for going to the island where the three hermits live?

5. What does Lukerya ask Pyotr Petrovich if he remembers as he is leaving the bee hut?

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