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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. 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.

2. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?
(a) Blini with caviar and cream.
(b) Tea and latkes.
(c) A bowl of oatmeal.
(d) Hot bread with onion.

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

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

5. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?
(a) Baby's breath.
(b) Cornflowers.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a friend who stops by Ivan Ivanovich's place say of his writing style?

2. In "The Clothesmender", what is the name of the real estate agent who makes the sign for the tailor?

3. What is the name of the priest who comes to see Lukerya?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Captain try to talk the Bishop out of going to the island where the hermits live?

2. How does Major Kovalyov try to obscure his missing nose when he goes into the coffee house and when he leaves?

3. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?

4. In "The Three Hermits", why is the Bishop still awake after everyone goes back to sleep?

5. What is Ivan Ivanovich's impression of the voices coming from the graves when he first hears them?

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

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

8. How does Praskovya Osipovna react when Ivan Yakovlevich finds a nose in his loaf of bread?

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

10. What has Platon Nikolayevich apparently said about the stench in the graveyard that is perceived by the dead?

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