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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 girl Ivanovich is in love with?

2. Why have the general and his friends arrived at Phythagor's house?

3. Who does Prirogov dream the young could have been?

4. What city in Spain does Ivanovich think he is living in?

5. Where do Nikiforovich and Ivanovich live?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kovalev react when his nose returns?

2. Describe the narrator of the story.

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

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

5. What is Pythagor's social standing?

6. Describe Nevsky Prospect?

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

8. How does Ivanovich obtain the stack of letters?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of Gogol's previous works and contrast it with the The Collected Tales in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the short story the Nose.

1) How does Gogol use satire in the story to create meaning?

2) How does the satire relate to 19th century Russian society?

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