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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the witch do when she turned into a dog?

2. What is Valuka's job in town?

3. What is Ivan's aunt's name?

4. What is the weather like at the beginning of the story?

5. Where does Basavruik say he will meet Peter at midnight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the devil cast darkness over Dikanka?

2. What is the curse that Petro had put upon him?

3. How does Grigory react when Ivan asks him about signing over the deed?

4. How does Ivas save Pyotr from a beating?

5. What is remarkable about Afanasy's house?

6. How does Valuka gain possession of the devil's shoes?

7. Describe the old couple's life on the farm?

8. Why does Khoma have to say an eulogy for the cossack's daughter?

9. How does this story end?

10. How does Afansay react to Pulkheria's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine point of view in one of the following stories.

1) The Diary of a Madman.

2) The Nose.

3) St. John's Eve.

What meaning does the point of view the author use give the story? What meaning would a different point of view communicate?

Essay Topic 2

Compare one of the stories characters to the person he was at the beginning of the story to how he is at the end.

1. What did that character hope to achieve at the beginning of the story?

2. What events changes the characters ideas about life?

3. How has that character changed by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What does Gogol say about faith? How does he use story elements such as characterization and setting to express his view? Is the theme is still relevant today?

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