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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Clothesmender", what is the name of the real estate agent who makes the sign for the tailor?

2. What does Ivan Yakovlevich want for breakfast when he wakes up on March 25th?

3. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?

4. What does a friend who stops by Ivan Ivanovich's place say of his writing style?

5. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the Bishop returns to the ship in "The Three Hermits"?

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

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

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

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

6. In "The Clothesmender", what does the priest say to the narrator are the advantages of living with the tailor?

7. Who visits the stationmaster's grave at the end of the story and what does he realize?

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

9. How does Pyotr Petrovich interpret Lukerya's face when he encounters her in the bee hut?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why doesn't the narrator kill Dolgushov in "The Death of Dolgushov"? What does he do instead? What condition is Dolgushov in? Why does he seek death?

Essay Topic 2

What longings torment Paka in "In Bondage" that cause him to want to leave the safety of his normal home life? How does his mother's attitude contribute to this?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the hussar in Pushkin's "The Stationmaster" cons Dunya and her father into letting him stay there for a few days. What is his ultimate agenda? Is he successful? Why doe they seem to trust him?

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