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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 does Schiller say Hoffman takes too much of?

2. What event does the Police Chief arrange?

3. Where does Ivan Ivanovich live?

4. What food are the judge and mayor reduced to eating?

5. How does Kovalev communicate with Podtochina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chartokov's life change when he becomes rich?

2. How does Ivanovich become King Ferdinand III?

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

4. How does Ivanonich insult Nikiforovich at the beginning of the story?

5. Describe Piskarev's dream about the girl?

6. How does Ivan dispose of Kovalev's nose?

7. What does Nikiforovich say to Ivanovich in court?

8. What does Piskarev visualize when he takes the opium?

9. How does Ivanovich obtain the stack of letters?

10. Describe the painting Chartkov buys from the art shop.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters, and write an essay comparing and contrasting them.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid 19th century society Russia.

1. The use of the devil as a character.

2. The representation of normal people and life

3. Madness.

Essay Topic 3

What does Gogol say about pride? How does he use story elements such as characterization to express his view?

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