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

2. What is the weather like when the ship sets sail in "The Three Hermits"?
(a) Raining.
(b) Windy.
(c) Cold.
(d) Fair.

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

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

5. How does the Bishop teach the three hermits to pray?
(a) According to the Lord's scripture.
(b) By taking them back to the ship.
(c) Kneeling on the sand.
(d) According to the teaching style of Rome.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the real last name of the occupant of Room One in "The Clothesmender"?

3. What are the three hermits doing when the Bishop spies them through a spyglass?

4. What is the stationmaster's name?

5. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two trials the tailor experiences that lead him to his eventual good fortune in "The Clothesmender"?

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

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

4. Describe the character of the wife of Laputin, the benefactor in "The Clothesmender".

5. What reason do some people that know of Lukerya give for her illness?

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

7. What are the two different types of collegiate assessors?

8. How does Dunya's father react to the hussar's asking if he can take her to church?

9. Why do the three hermits walk on water and chase the ship?

10. Who visits the stationmaster's grave at the end of the story and what does he realize?

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