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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 is the name of the bridge from which Ivan drops the nose?

2. What kind of drug does the shop owner sell?

3. What is the name of the area in St. Petersburg where many poor and retired people live?

4. What does Ivanovich steal from the dog's bed?

5. Which character arrives home at 4 a.m.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the regiment change the town?

4. How does Kovalev react when his nose returns?

5. How is Pythagor embarrassed at the end of the story?

6. What is Pythagor's social standing?

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

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

9. Describe Nevsky Prospect?

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

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

What does Gogol say about faith? How does he use story elements such as characterization and setting to express his view? Is the theme is still relevant today?

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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