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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nose by Nikolay Gogol.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?
(a) A bank note.
(b) Manicures.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) A compliment.

3. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?
(a) The prodigal son.
(b) The fall of Zeus.
(c) The Crucifixion.
(d) The old man and the sea.

4. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.
(a) No one's
(b) Doctor's.
(c) Bureaucrat's.
(d) Fool's.

5. In "The Nose", who is the head clerk in the Senate?
(a) Ivanovich.
(b) Yakovlevich.
(c) Yarygin.
(d) Nevsky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wants Major Kovalyov to marry her daughter?

3. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?

4. Where does Major Kovalyov confront his lost nose?

5. What does Prince Vyazemsky facetiously call a person who holds the post of stationmaster?

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