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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 is the name of the king Ivanovich thinks he is?

2. Who brings Kovalev his nose?

3. What does the brown sow run off with?

4. What kind of drug does the shop owner sell?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Pythagor embarrassed at the end of the story?

2. What does Nikiforovich say to Ivanovich in court?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

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

10. What is Pythagor's social standing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How have the stories been arranged? What overall meaning does this give the story collection?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two characters, and write an essay comparing and contrasting them.

Essay Topic 3

How has society's view of opinions on madness changed since the mid 19th century? How would one have to adapt Diary of a Madman to be relevant today's society?

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