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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) Vodka going down his throat.
(b) God's presence.
(c) Respect.
(d) Sedation.

2. Who must be asked before the Bishop can visit the three hermits?
(a) The General.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The Cardinal.
(d) The Captain.

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

4. What is the name of the stationmaster's daughter?
(a) Anya.
(b) Svetlana.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Dunya.

5. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?
(a) The Hittites.
(b) The Followers of Simon.
(c) The Sons of Hagar.
(d) The Canaanites.

6. Who suggests in "Bobok" that the corpses should no longer be ashamed?
(a) Ivan Ivanovich.
(b) Catiche.
(c) Klinevich.
(d) Kudeyarov.

7. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) The Lady of Avalon.
(c) Catherine the Great.
(d) Lady Godiva.

8. What is the name of the priest who comes to see Lukerya?
(a) Father Fyodor.
(b) Father Aleksey.
(c) Father Dmitri.
(d) Father Leonid.

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

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

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

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

13. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.
(a) Doctor's.
(b) No one's
(c) Bureaucrat's.
(d) Fool's.

14. Why does Ivan Ivanovich surmise that coffins become so heavy?
(a) The type of wood used.
(b) The amount of sentimental items.
(c) Inertia of the body.
(d) The satin lining.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?

2. Who is staying in Room One the next New Year's Eve in "The Clothesmender"?

3. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?

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

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

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