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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. When do the doors sing?

2. What plagues Katerina's father after he kills his daughter?

3. What kind of property does Ivan's family own?

4. Which word best describes Ivan's aunt's personality?

5. What does Solokha steal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the moral of the story?

2. Describe Ivan's time in the regiment?

3. How does Ivas save Pyotr from a beating?

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

5. How does this story end?

6. Summarize the Night Before Christmas story.

7. How does Pytor cope with his role in the murder of Ivas?

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

9. Why does Khoma have to say an eulogy for the cossack's daughter?

10. What is remarkable about Afanasy's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the mid 1800s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

How do the students think Ivan developed his social fear in Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his Aunt? How does Gogol use the other characters to accentuate Ivan's vulnerabilities?

Essay Topic 3

Compare one of the stories characters to the person he was at the beginning of the story to how he is at the end.

1. What did that character hope to achieve at the beginning of the story?

2. What events changes the characters ideas about life?

3. How has that character changed by the end of the story?

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