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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tailor's new wife say she will bring to the marriage in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) Luck.
(b) Hard work.
(c) Many children.
(d) A huge dowry.

2. Where does "The Clothesmender" take place?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Novohrad.
(d) Kiev.

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

4. How does the Bishop teach the three hermits to pray?
(a) According to the Lord's scripture.
(b) Kneeling on the sand.
(c) According to the teaching style of Rome.
(d) By taking them back to the ship.

5. What are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?
(a) Ptarmigan.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Black grouse.
(d) Game hens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the orphan girl bring to Lukerya when she drops by?

2. What is the tailor handed when he walks into Room One after being summoned there by the occupant?

3. What are the three hermits doing when the Bishop spies them through a spyglass?

4. What do the three hermits live in?

5. What story is depicted on the stationmaster's wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason do some people that know of Lukerya give for her illness?

2. What does Lukerya say to Pyotr Petrovich about patience?

3. What happens when the stationmaster arrives in Petersburg?

4. What are the two different types of collegiate assessors?

5. What is Klinevich getting at with wanting to get rid of being ashamed while the corpses are conscious?

6. How does Ivan Ivanovich feel about the half-eaten sandwich he sees on the tombstone beside him?

7. What does Pyotr Petrovich say about hunting in the rain?

8. How does Praskovya Osipovna react when Ivan Yakovlevich finds a nose in his loaf of bread?

9. How does Dunya's father react to the hussar's asking if he can take her to church?

10. How does the Captain try to talk the Bishop out of going to the island where the hermits live?

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