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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Bishop offer the Captain in return for going to the island where the three hermits live?
(a) Payment.
(b) A new coat.
(c) Solace.
(d) A job with the church.

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

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

7. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?
(a) Anichkin Bridge.
(b) Dolya Bridge.
(c) St. Isaac's Bridge.
(d) Police Bridge.

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

9. What grade is the stationmaster?
(a) Fourteenth.
(b) Twentieth.
(c) Second.
(d) Ninth.

10. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?
(a) Scholarly.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Government.
(d) Military.

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

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

13. What does the Bishop suggest that the three hermits have heard of when he is teaching them to pray?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) The Holy Trinity.
(c) The Lamb of God.
(d) The Holy Grail.

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

15. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?
(a) Prince Golitsyn.
(b) Count Zakrevsky.
(c) Baron Klinevich.
(d) Duke Sergeyevich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Ivan Ivanovich if he will ever be sober in "Bobok"?

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

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

4. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?

5. What jewelry is often given to the stationmaster's daughter by ladies who pass through the station?

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