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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. What rank is Ivan promoted to after eleven years?

2. When do the doors sing?

3. What do Ukrainians call the Chief of the Gnomes?

4. What is the name of the husband in this story?

5. What does the Cossack say he will do if Khoma does not return to his daughter's coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pulkeria's life change when her cat disappears?

2. How do the three students come upon the farmstead?

3. What is the moral of the story?

4. Why does Ivan have to retire from the regiment?

5. What is the curse that Petro had put upon him?

6. How do the devil and the witch leave Dikanta in pitch darkness?

7. How does Afansay react to Pulkheria's death?

8. What is Ivan Fyodorovich like as a student?

9. Why does Aunt Vasilisa want Ivan to marry Grigory's younger sister?

10. How does Katerina's father injure Danilo in this story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of Gogol's previous works and contrast it with the The Collected Tales in terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role religion plays in the stories.

1. What does Gogol express about religion in his stories?

2. What part has religion played in religion society and how is it different from religion in America?

Essay Topic 3

What does the short story collection express about Gogol's own opinions of life? How has the short stories been organized to communicate a consistent point of view? Are their any other short stories that contradict what Gogol expresses in this collection?

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