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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real last name of the occupant of Room One in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Markov.
(b) Vasilivich.
(c) Golitsyn.
(d) Laputin.

2. What does the Bishop teach the three hermits to recite?
(a) The Lord's Prayer.
(b) The Holy Rosary.
(c) Hail Mary.
(d) The Nicean Creed.

3. What is the stationmaster's name?
(a) Kolya Ivanovich.
(b) Samson Vyrin.
(c) Nikolai Rensky.
(d) Sasha Petrovich.

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

5. What does the occupant of Room One from the beginning of "The Clothesmender" do when the tailor tries to comfort him at the end of the story?
(a) Gives him more money.
(b) Offers him a new job as a clerk.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Hits him with a stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. The stationmaster's daughter tries to soothe the sick hussar traveler with what?

2. In "The Clothesmender," what does the tailor's grandfather sell?

3. Who tells the merchant the story of the three hermits?

4. Who chokes on a chicken bone and dies that owned the house before the tailor?

5. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.

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