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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ivan Yakovlevich's job?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Barber.
(d) Plumber.

3. What is the name of the young artist who looks in the art shop?
(a) Chartkov.
(b) Bogdan.
(c) Andre,
(d) Nikita.

4. What does Pythagor tell his wife to tell the general?
(a) He is in the bath.
(b) He is out of town.
(c) He is feeling ill.
(d) He is hungover.

5. Why do the men have to unbutton their uniforms?
(a) They want to show off their tattoos.
(b) They have eaten too much.
(c) They feel hot.
(d) They have want to fight.

6. What does Nikiforovich call Ivan when he asks for his gun?
(a) A pig.
(b) A goose.
(c) A turkey.
(d) A fang.

7. Where does Ivan Ivanovich live?
(a) Agafya.
(b) Mirgorod.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Perm.

8. Who does Prirogov dream the young could have been?
(a) A foxy lady.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A grand lady.
(d) A match girl.

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

10. Why is Kovalev angry when the clerk offers him snuff?
(a) He has no money.
(b) He has no nose.
(c) He is not a drug addict.
(d) He is a better class of man.

11. What does Ivanovich have to bring before the courts?
(a) His sow.
(b) His saw.
(c) His notebook.
(d) His girlfriend.

12. What is the striking thing about the portrait Chartkov buys?
(a) The man's skin color.
(b) The man's eyes.
(c) The man's smile.
(d) The man's hair.

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

14. What is the name of the area in St. Petersburg where many poor and retired people live?
(a) Kolomna.
(b) Gulliva.
(c) Johina.
(d) Perma.

15. What is the name of the girl Ivanovich is in love with?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Natassha.
(c) Janet.
(d) Nina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nikiforovich build in this story?

2. What food are the judge and mayor reduced to eating?

3. What is the name of the market where the art shop is located?

4. What kind of carriage does Pythagor arrive in?

5. Why have the general and his friends arrived at Phythagor's house?

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