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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of clothing does the occupant of Room One need repaired in "The Clothesmender"?

2. What does Lukerya ask Pyotr Petrovich if he remembers as he is leaving the bee hut?

3. What is painted into his portrait that vexes Ivan Ivanovich?

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

5. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?

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

5. How is the stationmaster treated by most travelers?

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

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

8. What happens as the Bishop returns to the ship in "The Three Hermits"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the chores Varka has to perform. When does she have time for sleep? What adds to her work at the end, which finally pushes her over the edge? What moral is the story trying to convey?

Essay Topic 2

In "Bobok", how does the homespun philosopher, Platon Nikolayevich, explain why the people in the graveyard are still conscious after they die? What qualifies him to speak on the subject? What does he say of the death of the body?

Essay Topic 3

How is it that Varka becomes a nanny to the cobbler's baby? What has happened to her family? How is she treated by the cobbler and his wife?

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