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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 does the devil want Valuka to teach him?

2. What kind of animal is Pulkheria's favorite pet?

3. What does Afansay like to do to his wife?

4. What color is Basavriuk as he sits on the stump?

5. What protects Khoma from the witch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ivan have to retire from the regiment?

2. How does Ivas save Pyotr from a beating?

3. Summarize the Night Before Christmas story.

4. Why do the devil and the witch want to cause problems between Valuka and Choub?

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

6. How does Katerina die in this story?

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

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

9. Describe Ivan's time in the regiment?

10. What deal does the devil make with Valuka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do the students think Ivan developed his social fear in Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his Aunt? How does Gogol use the other characters to accentuate Ivan's vulnerabilities?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid 19th century society Russia.

1. The use of the devil as a character.

2. The representation of normal people and life

3. Madness.

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