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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. Where does Ivanovich wait for the government official's daughter?

2. What is Yakovlevish eating for breakfast at the beginning of the story?

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

4. What is the name of the area in St. Petersburg where many poor and retired people live?

5. Who brings Kovalev his nose?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ivanovich obtain the stack of letters?

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

3. What advice did Chartov's professor give him?

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

5. Describe the narrator of the story.

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

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

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

9. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

10. How do the regiment change the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role religion plays in the stories.

1. What does Gogol express about religion in his stories?

2. What part has religion played in religion society and how is it different from religion in America?

Essay Topic 2

What does the short story collection express about Gogol's own opinions of life? How has the short stories been organized to communicate a consistent point of view? Are their any other short stories that contradict what Gogol expresses in this collection?

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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