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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 is painted into his portrait that vexes Ivan Ivanovich?

2. To where is Ivan Yakovlevich trying to escape when he is apprehended by the police?

3. What do editors say that Ivan Ivanovich's stories lack when he brings them to their offices?

4. What jewelry is often given to the stationmaster's daughter by ladies who pass through the station?

5. Where is Lukerya taken when the weather gets cold?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Clothesmender", what does the priest say to the narrator are the advantages of living with the tailor?

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

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

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

5. What does Klinevich call Mr. Tarasevich and what does he say about his debauchery?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of the blue phial in "The Cave"? How does this add to the sense of foreboding in the story? What agreement does Masha hint at about the phial?

Essay Topic 2

What is Ivan Ivanovich's impression of the scene at the funeral he attends in "Bobok"? What does he say of the mourners? The smell? What is his impression of the faces of the corpses?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the hussar in Pushkin's "The Stationmaster" cons Dunya and her father into letting him stay there for a few days. What is his ultimate agenda? Is he successful? Why doe they seem to trust him?

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