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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. Who does Ivanovich hear has died in this story?

2. What did Chartkov's professor warn not to become?

3. Who lights the lamps on Nevsky Prospect?

4. Who asks Chartov to view the work of a young artist?

5. How does Kovalev communicate with Podtochina?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator of the story.

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

3. What is Pythagor's social standing?

4. How does Kovalev react when his nose returns?

5. Describe Nevsky Prospect?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

The Collected Tales are translated from Russian into English. How much meaning can a book loses through a translation? What aspects of the book do you think would be the most difficult to express in English? How do you think a translator can overcome these difficulties?

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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