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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does the Police Chief arrange?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A fair.
(c) A dinner party.
(d) A funeral.

2. What does Ivan tell the courts that Nikiforovich intends to do to his property?
(a) Set it alight.
(b) Break his windows.
(c) Steal his carpets.
(d) Con him out of it.

3. What does Ivan's aunt want him to do?
(a) Marry a rich women.
(b) Resign from the army.
(c) Pay for a doctor.
(d) Organize his mother's funeral.

4. Why does Kovalev think Podtochina has cast a spell on him?
(a) He refused to marry her daughter.
(b) He killed her husband.
(c) He once ran over her dog.
(d) He has not repaid her loan to him.

5. What does the nose do in the Cathedral?
(a) Pray.
(b) Confess.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank is Ivan promoted to after eleven years?

2. What is Ivan Yakovlevich's job?

3. Which member of Ivan's family dies?

4. How does Kovalev communicate with Podtochina?

5. What is Yakovlevish eating for breakfast at the beginning of the story?

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