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The “rather exaggerated” customs of a character in this story include his repetition of the personal motto of “strictness, strictness, (20[1])and always strictness!” (20[3])Co-workers of this story’s protagonist (0[2])make a “trifling” collection for him after mocking him for supposedly (20[1])dating his landlady. (20[2]0[1])A character (20[2])in this story (20[1])develops a fever after being berated by an official (0[1])referred (20[1])to only as the Person (20[1]0[1])of (*) Consequence. (10[4]0[1])The protagonist (10[1])of this (10[1])story (10[1])is a copyist (10[1])who is mugged (10[1])on his way back from a party, (10[1])depriving him of an item (10[1])that he paid (10[2])Petrovich (10[1])150 (10[1])rubles to make. (0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Akaky Akakievich (10[2])(“ah-KAH-kee ah-KAH-kee-vitch”) haunts St. Petersburg in search of the title lost article (10[1])of clothing in what (10[1])Nikolai Gogol story? (0[2])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: “The Overcoat” [or “The Cloak” or “The Mantle”; or “Shinyél”]
<Michael Bentley, Literature - European - Short Fiction&gt; ~24811~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>
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