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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 Yakovlevich find in the middle of his bread?
(a) A map.
(b) A nose.
(c) A coin.
(d) A finger.

2. What does Chartov try to paint after he sees the young artist's work?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Satan.
(c) A fallen angel.
(d) Purgatory.

3. Where does Ivanovich wait for the government official's daughter?
(a) In the graveyard.
(b) Outside the stable.
(c) In the cafe.
(d) Outside her gate.

4. What does the nose do in the Cathedral?
(a) Sing.
(b) Confess.
(c) Pray.
(d) Dance.

5. What is the name of the girl Ivanovich is in love with?
(a) Natassha.
(b) Nina.
(c) Janet.
(d) Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ivan Ivanovich live?

2. Who brings Nikiforovich to the party?

3. What does Ivanovich do with the letter when he reads Sophie wants to marry someone else?

4. Why do the men have to unbutton their uniforms?

5. How does Ivan destroy Nikiforovich's goose pen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nikiforovich say to Ivanovich in court?

2. What was the town of B like before the regiment arrived?

3. How does Pirogov get beaten up in this story?

4. What is Pythagor's social standing?

5. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

6. How does Fedoseevna interfere with the argument between the two men?

7. What advice did Chartov's professor give him?

8. Why does Ivanovich have to bring his sow before the court?

9. How do the regiment change the town?

10. Describe the narrator of the story.

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