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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 does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?

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

3. What does the Bishop teach the three hermits to recite?

4. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Lukerya say to Pyotr Petrovich about patience?

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

6. 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?

7. How does Dunya's father react to the hussar's asking if he can take her to church?

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

9. What happens when the narrator of "The Clothesmender" and the gossip are walking to the tailor's house to inspect the room?

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

In "Yuletide Story", why does the narrator call the old woman "the flower of god"? What does she do that causes him to use sarcasm in his description of her?

Essay Topic 2

In "A Living Relic", how does Lukerya perceive her plight? How does she cope with being alone most of the time? What is her state of mind? How does she sleep? Who visits her and how does she feel about these visits?

Essay Topic 3

How does Tolstoy characterize each of the three hermits in "The Three Hermits"? How do these descriptions obscure the true nature of the power that the hermits have? How is this ironic in light of the Bishop's visit to the island?

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