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

2. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?
(a) He talks to them.
(b) He drops his bottle.
(c) He coughs.
(d) He sneezes.

3. With what does Ivan Ivanovich begin his thinking appropriate thoughts while sitting on the tombstone?
(a) His priest.
(b) Cleaning his mother's house.
(c) Saving money.
(d) The Moscow Exhibition.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade is the stationmaster?

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

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

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

5. What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the fisherman end up on the island with the three hermits?

4. After discouragement from the newspaper and the district police inspector, how does Major Kovalyov feel when he gets home?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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