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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Gogol describes the doctor that Major Kovalyov goes to see as having pitch-black _____.
(a) Boots.
(b) Sidewhiskers.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Pants.

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

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

5. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?
(a) He sneezes.
(b) He coughs.
(c) He talks to them.
(d) He drops his bottle.

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

7. To where does the police officer who brings Major Kovalyov's nose back to him, say he has to go when he is offered a cup of tea?
(a) A mental asylum.
(b) A gymnasium.
(c) A hospital.
(d) The post office.

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

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

10. What are the three hermits doing when the Bishop spies them through a spyglass?
(a) Building a fire.
(b) Holding hands.
(c) Eating a fish.
(d) Gathering water.

11. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Two clergy robes.
(b) An armyak and a poddyovka.
(c) A wedding dress.
(d) A krasnya kniga.

12. What does the newspaper clerk offer Major Kovalyov as he is leaving his office?
(a) A copy of Molière's "Cyrano de Bergerac".
(b) Bad advice.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Snuff.

13. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?
(a) A lieutenant.
(b) An executioner.
(c) A deacon.
(d) A dog trainer.

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

15. In "The Clothesmender", what is the name of the real estate agent who makes the sign for the tailor?
(a) Vasily Konych.
(b) Prokhor Ivanych.
(c) Fyodor Galensky.
(d) Segei Prokhov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?

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

3. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?

4. What does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" have a special gift for?

5. What does the tailor call his wife in "The Clothesmender"?

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