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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 does the Governor say he does not crave?

2. What does Anna say they they have been waiting on account of?

3. What does Osip say is in his belly?

4. What does Khlestakov call the servant?

5. What does Klestakov ask the Servant for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Merchants react to the Mayor's anger?

2. What does the Mayor tell the Merchants?

3. What is Osip's opinion of his master, Khlestakov?

4. How did Khlestakov lose all of his money?

5. Why are the women angry at the Mayor?

6. How does the Warden think they should handle the Inspector?

7. How does the Mayor react to the letter?

8. What does Khlestakov think about the food?

9. Why are the Merchants angry at the Mayor?

10. What does Klestakov say about his stay so far?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1952, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR was made into a film called REVIZOR. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book aree still relevant 100 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR is a satire.

1) What are the conventions of the genre in terms of character, language and plot?

In what way did the the play help to set the template for similar satires? Does modern literature still use the ideas Gogol uses in THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR?

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between a play and a film in terms of the following:

1) Language

2) Character

3) Structure

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