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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 the French name of the tailor?

2. Who wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter?

3. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?

4. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?

5. What does Major Kovalyov give the police officer as he is leaving?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Captain try to talk the Bishop out of going to the island where the hermits live?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What effect does talking have on Lukerya when she is telling Pyotr Petrovich about her life?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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