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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Lukerya taken when the weather gets cold?
(a) To the shed next to the furnace.
(b) To the blacksmith's house.
(c) To the bathhouse lobby.
(d) To a hospital.

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

3. In "The Three Hermits", where is the Bishop sailing from?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Vladivostok.
(c) Arkhangelsk.
(d) Irkutsk.

4. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?
(a) A democrat.
(b) An ant.
(c) A dog.
(d) A dictator.

5. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?
(a) As a veritable martyr.
(b) A beak-nosed charlatan.
(c) A large oaf.
(d) A busybody.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?

5. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Klinevich call Mr. Tarasevich and what does he say about his debauchery?

2. What does the benefactor from Room One do to the sign the tailor originally has up in front of his shop and how does he remedy the situation?

3. How is the stationmaster treated by most travelers?

4. When does Lukerya die and what does she say about the sounds she hears?

5. What happens when the narrator of "The Clothesmender" and the gossip are walking to the tailor's house to inspect the room?

6. According to the Bishop in "The Three Hermits", how does God reveal himself to men?

7. What does the doctor say about Major Kovalyov's missing nose?

8. What does Lukerya say to Pyotr Petrovich about patience?

9. How does Major Kovalyov decide to approach his nose at the Kazan Cathedral and how does the Nose react?

10. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?

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