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

2. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Military.
(c) Government.
(d) Scholarly.

3. How is Ivan Ivanovich described by the painter who exhibits his portrait?
(a) Dry.
(b) Thankless.
(c) Morbid.
(d) Cheerful.

4. What does Lukerya keep hearing on the day of her death in "The Living Relic"?
(a) Church bells.
(b) Swarms of bees.
(c) A chorus of angels.
(d) A lark.

5. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?
(a) The Canaanites.
(b) The Sons of Hagar.
(c) The Hittites.
(d) The Followers of Simon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the stationmaster's daughter living with Captain Minsky?

3. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?

4. In "The Clothesmender," what is the tailor's real last name?

5. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect does talking have on Lukerya when she is telling Pyotr Petrovich about her life?

3. How is the stationmaster treated by most travelers?

4. What does Ivan Ivanovich think of the administrative news he hears the dead people talking about?

5. In "The Three Hermits", why is the Bishop still awake after everyone goes back to sleep?

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

7. How does Major Kovalyov decide to approach his nose at the Kazan Cathedral and how does the Nose react?

8. According to the Bishop in "The Three Hermits", how does God reveal himself to men?

9. How does Major Kovalyov try to obscure his missing nose when he goes into the coffee house and when he leaves?

10. What is Ivan Ivanovich's impression of the voices coming from the graves when he first hears them?

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