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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sleepy by Anton Chekhov.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.
(a) Catacombs.
(b) Carriages.
(c) Catafalques.
(d) Mausoleums.

2. Who goes hunting with Pyotr Petrovich in "A Living Relic"?
(a) Aleksander.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Nikolai.
(d) Ermolay.

3. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Cakes.
(d) Gold pieces.

4. To whom is Lukerya betrothed when she is a young girl?
(a) Nikolai Bogdanovich.
(b) Borislav Ivanovich.
(c) Vasily Polyakov.
(d) Sergei Andropov.

5. Who in the church suggests a place for the narrator to live in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) The organist.
(b) The cleaning person.
(c) The psalmodist.
(d) The bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smell Pyotr Petrovich encounters as he enters the bee hut?

2. Who does Lukerya say has great patience when Pyotr Petrovich compliments her on her own patience?

3. What does the tailor call his wife in "The Clothesmender"?

4. The young man who dies of "complications" goes to which doctor before he dies?

5. What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"?

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