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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Esperanto.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time was the narrator to go see Romanov in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) 6:00.
(b) 12:00.
(c) 8:00.
(d) 3:00.

2. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?
(a) To dry bread.
(b) To dry their hands.
(c) To dry shoes.
(d) To warm their soup.

3. What day was it during "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

4. What number gang was the director questioning in "The Injector"?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

5. What did Fedya call Platonov in "The Snake Charmer"?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Michael.
(c) Russian.
(d) Igor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?

2. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")

3. In Kolyma, what "keeps secrets and reveals them"? ("Land-Lease.")

4. What did the narrator refuse to give up at the end of "Prosthetic Appliances"?

5. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?

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