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

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

3. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?
(a) Cakes.
(b) Gold pieces.
(c) Friends.
(d) Flowers.

4. What is painted into his portrait that vexes Ivan Ivanovich?
(a) Two warts.
(b) Forehead lines.
(c) A sea of pockmarks.
(d) A large chin.

5. How are the three hermits described?
(a) As great singers.
(b) As heathens.
(c) As godly men.
(d) As warlocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lady passing by a year prior to the story, "A Living Relic" give to Lukerya?

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

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

4. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?

5. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Klinevich getting at with wanting to get rid of being ashamed while the corpses are conscious?

4. How does Dunya react to meeting the narrator in "The Stationmaster"?

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

6. In "The Stationmaster", what is the narrator's main concern when he arrives at station X?

7. How does Ivan Ivanovich feel about the half-eaten sandwich he sees on the tombstone beside him?

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

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

10. What does Ivan Ivanovich think of the administrative news he hears the dead people talking about?

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