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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bobok by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language are the verses in that tell the story on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) Arabic.
(b) French.
(c) Ukrainian.
(d) German.

2. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?
(a) A democrat.
(b) An ant.
(c) A dictator.
(d) A dog.

3. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The nun.
(b) The friar.
(c) The sexton.
(d) The candle maker.

4. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?
(a) Station X.
(b) Stop 7.
(c) Line 45.
(d) Station Y.

5. Major Kovalyov's face is described as ____ where his nose used to be.
(a) Smooth as a pancake.
(b) Two holes.
(c) A large moon.
(d) Tough as a board.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?

2. Why does Ivan Ivanovich surmise that coffins become so heavy?

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

4. What does Ivan Ivanovich not like reading?

5. What does the narrator hope will loosen the stationmaster's tongue with regard to the whereabouts of his daughter?

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