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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 front of the Icon in "Sleepy", what color light is burning?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

2. What does the lady passing by a year prior to the story, "A Living Relic" give to Lukerya?
(a) A red scarf.
(b) Medicine for sleeplessness.
(c) A book on suffering.
(d) Lotion for dry skin.

3. What does Varka think the hardest thing is to do when she is standing in front of the kitchen table?
(a) Listen to the baby cry.
(b) Mend bandages.
(c) Peel potatoes.
(d) Chop onions.

4. What item of the master's is Varka asked to clean?
(a) His hat.
(b) His gloves.
(c) His overshoes.
(d) His desk.

5. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?
(a) To see if his nose has reported him missing.
(b) To get a job.
(c) To get a subscription.
(d) To put out an advertisement for his lost nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?

2. What does Major Kovalyov give the police officer as he is leaving?

3. Who asks Ivan Ivanovich if he will ever be sober in "Bobok"?

4. What does Lukerya make the wreath out of in her dreams?

5. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.

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