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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. How does Pushkin describe the stationmaster?

2. Whom does Lukerya's betrothed eventually marry?

3. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?

4. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

5. Gogol describes the doctor that Major Kovalyov goes to see as having pitch-black _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Clothesmender", what is the reason that the tailor Laputin has a French sign calling him Lepoutant? What happens, ironically, to his benefactor of the same name at the end of the story? Why is this ironic?

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

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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