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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. How old is Andrey?

2. How many serfs is Tchitchikov given when he gets out of prison?

3. Who believes Tchitchikov is Captain Kopeykin?

4. Where do Platon and Tchitchikov go during Part 2, Chapter 3?

5. How does Nozdroyov react when he realizes the men of town want to ask him about Tchitchikov?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Andrey stop pursuing Ulinka?

2. Why does Tchitchikov spend time in prison prior to coming to N?

3. Why does Andrey quit his first job in Petersburg?

4. Why do the men of N. decide they do not want to be associated with Tchitchikov?

5. Why is Tchitchikov happy to make Skudronzhoglo's acquaintance?

6. Why does Nozdroyov go to visit Tchitchikov?

7. Why does Madame Korobotcha come to N?

8. Why is Tchitchikov interested in Platon?

9. Why is Tchitchikov thrown in prison in Part 2, Chapter 5?

10. Why does Tchitchikov leave N?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it significant that the narrator refuses to quote Sofia and Anna speaking in French to each other? How does Gogol use his novel to call for a change in Russian society? What is he critical of? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

What point does Gogol make about the important men of Russia? List two characters that Gogol uses as caricatures of Russian noblemen. How are these characters used to make fun of the noblemen? What is Gogol criticizing? Is his attempt at making a point using caricatures effective?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of having a biased narrator with a personality and opinions of his own? Does the narrator skew the reader's view of characters and events in the book? How is the book different once the biased narrator is gone?

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