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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chartkov's professor warn not to become?
(a) A serious painter.
(b) A pretentious painter.
(c) A commercial painter.
(d) A genius painter.

2. What does Ivanovich do with the letter when he reads Sophie wants to marry someone else?
(a) He tears them up.
(b) He scribbles over them.
(c) He burns them.
(d) He throws them out of his window.

3. What does Khoma have to do for a Cossack chief?
(a) Buy a good horse.
(b) Give an eulogy for his daughter.
(c) Recruit soldiers.
(d) Arrange a wedding.

4. Which character arrives home at 4 a.m.?
(a) The General.
(b) Phythagor.
(c) Phythagor's wife.
(d) Ivanova.

5. What does Thoma say flowed like water?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter have do to obtain the gold?

2. What does Akaky call the highest person in the department?

3. How does Ivan destroy Nikiforovich's goose pen?

4. What is the name of the main character in this story?

5. How does Petrivich make his shoes last longer?

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