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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men step outside to do?
(a) Flirt.
(b) Fight.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Smoke.

2. Where does Ivan say he is going when the policeman stops him?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Work.
(c) The post office.
(d) Home.

3. Where does Pythagor hide?
(a) Behind the curtains.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) In his carriage.
(d) In his stables.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the young artist who looks in the art shop?

3. Who does Ivanovich hear has died in this story?

4. Who viists Ivanovich immediately after the court case?

5. What does the nose do in the Cathedral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ivanovich have to bring his sow before the court?

2. How does Fedoseevna interfere with the argument between the two men?

3. How does Kovalev think Podtochina is involved in the disappearance of his nose?

4. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

5. Describe Nevsky Prospect?

6. What was the town of B like before the regiment arrived?

7. Describe the narrator of the story.

8. How does Ivan Yakovlevich find Kovalev's nose?

9. Describe Piskarev's dream about the girl?

10. What is Pythagor's social standing?

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