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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. In "The Clothesmender," what is the tailor's real last name?

2. Gogol says that people of the capital have shown an interest in experiments with the effects of _____.

3. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.

4. What is the weather like when the ship sets sail in "The Three Hermits"?

5. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pyotr Petrovich interpret Lukerya's face when he encounters her in the bee hut?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Pyotr Petrovich say about hunting in the rain?

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

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

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 "A Living Relic", how does Lukerya's malady manifest itself? What draws her outside in the middle of the night? What happens as a result? Describe the progression of her illness discussing how she ends up in the bee hut.

Essay Topic 3

How does the situation of Major Kovalyov's missing nose in Gogol's "The Nose" resolve itself? Who is the blamed for the situation? Where is this person caught? Does the Nose eventually appear back onto Major Kovalyov's? If so, how?

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