Part 1
What is the form of "The Overcoat"?
play
novel
poem
short story
short story
Where is the story set?
St.Petesburg
Moscow
Yekaterinburg
Vladivostok
Saint Petersburg
Who is the author?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nikolai Gogol
Antom Chekhov
Lev Tolstoy
Nikolai Gogol
What language was the story written in?
German
Russian
French
Polish
Russian
What year was "The Overcoat" published?
1842
1936
1967
2001
1842
The title refers to ...
a book that the character reads
a coat that the character buys
a dream that the character has
a joke between the character and his coworkers
a coat that the character buys
What was the name of Akaky's father?
Viktor
Mikhail
Ivan
Akaky
Akaky
Akaky is best described as ...
extremely ill
very rich
modest and poor
very honest
modest and poor
What does Akaky always have in his hat?
watermelon rinds
bird feathers
pieces of old newspaper
crumbs from dinner
watermelon rinds
What best describes the tone of the story?
somber (мрачный)
comic
serious
lyric
comic
Who does Akaky live with?
his sister
his wife
a cat
nobody
nobody
Who is Petrovich?
a sailor
a tailor
a poet
a doctor
a tailor
Why is it difficult to live in St. Petersburg?
It is very cold
It is very expensive
There are not enough houses for everyone
There is a famine (голод)
It is very cold
The first thing the important person says to Akaky is
"What is your rank?"
"What is your name?"
"Where do you come from?"
"What can I do for you?"
"What can I do for you?"
When the important person sees the ghost of Akaky, he is
happy
afraid
quiet
angry
afraid
Akaky feels that the day he receives his coat is
too significant (значимый) to go to work
the warmest he has ever been
so happy that he must throw a party
the most festive (торжественный) day of his life
the most festive (торжественный) day of his life
How much does Petrovich initially (первоначально) tell Akaky the coat will cost?
250 roubles
150 roubles
30 roubles
100 roubles
150 roubles
How does Akaky lose his coat?
It drops off The Obukhov Bridge
It gets stolen
One of his fellow clerks hides it
It blows away in a blizzard (метель)
It gets stolen
Where is Akaky going at the end of the story?
To his house
Towards The Obukhov Bridge
To his office
To haunt (преследовать) the important person
Towards The Obukhov Bridge
Who does the ghost steal coats from?
Policemen
Everyone
Clerks
Generals
Everyone
When is Akaky born?
the 18th of December
the 7th of January
the 3rd of June
the 23rd of March
the 23rd of March
What is the twist in the story?
Akaky discovers he will inherit a lot of money
It was all a dream
Akaky dies and becomes a ghost
The important person dies
Akaky dies and becomes a ghost
What happens when the policemen catch the ghost of Akaky?
He goes to prison
He gets away
He laughs at them
They kill him
He gets away
What happens at the end of the story?
The ghost kills the General
Everyone in St. Petersburg becomes afraid to leave their houses
The policeman kills the ghost
The ghost vanishes (исчезает)
The ghost vanishes
The principal complication (сложность) in the story is
that Akaky dies of frostbite
that Akaky gets fired (уволен)
that Akaky gets robbedthat Akaky takes a big loan that ruins him
that Akaky gets robbed