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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 gymnasium.
(b) The post office.
(c) A mental asylum.
(d) A hospital.

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

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

4. How do the three hermits greet the Bishop when he lands on their island?
(a) They kiss his hand.
(b) They turn their backs.
(c) They run away.
(d) They bow.

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

6. 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.

7. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?
(a) Voltaire's.
(b) Rabelais'.
(c) Balzac's.
(d) Mallarmé's.

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

9. The young man who dies of "complications" goes to which doctor before he dies?
(a) Botkin.
(b) Eck.
(c) Schultz.
(d) Vasiliev.

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

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

12. What does a friend who stops by Ivan Ivanovich's place say of his writing style?
(a) That it is absurd.
(b) That it is choppy.
(c) That it is long-winded.
(d) That he is copying Pushkin.

13. What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

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

15. From what language does Ivan Ivanovich translate books for booksellers?
(a) Polish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Croatian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To where is Ivan Yakovlevich trying to escape when he is apprehended by the police?

3. Who suggests in "Bobok" that the corpses should no longer be ashamed?

4. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?

5. Where does the Bishop go when he finds he doesn't feel like sleeping?

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