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

2. Where does Fidele bite Ivanovich?
(a) On the hand.
(b) On the knee.
(c) On the backside.
(d) On the calf.

3. How does Ivan destroy Nikiforovich's goose pen?
(a) He pushes into the river.
(b) He drops a boulder on top of it.
(c) He sets it alight.
(d) He saws off its legs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the king Ivanovich thinks he is?

2. What does Ivan want to give his neighbor in exchange for the neighbor's gun?

3. What does Nikiforovich build in this story?

4. What kind carriage does Pythagor say is as light as a feather?

5. What is the name of the town the regiment have been stationed at?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do people react to the paintings in the art shop in Shchukin market?

2. What is Pythagor's social standing?

3. What does Ivanovich find out about in the letters?

4. How does Chartokov's life change when he becomes rich?

5. How does Ivanovich obtain the stack of letters?

6. Describe the painting Chartkov buys from the art shop.

7. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

8. How does Pirogov get beaten up in this story?

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

10. What does Piskarev visualize when he takes the opium?

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