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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in "My First Tooth," why is writing something down the best thing to do?
(a) Then it can be published.
(b) Then others can read your story.
(c) Then it can be verified.
(d) Then you can forget.

2. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?
(a) The "hungry men."
(b) The "larger men."
(c) The "starved men."
(d) The "scrawny men."

3. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?
(a) Pity for loved-ones.
(b) Pity for animals.
(c) Pity for mankind.
(d) Pity for self.

4. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?
(a) A smoke.
(b) A coffee.
(c) A new coat.
(d) A warm meal.

5. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) God.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in "My First Tooth," was rented to put convicts into?

2. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

3. In "Quiet," what was concerning to the narrator about the tables in the camp dining room?

4. What did Andrei Platonov do prior to being in the camps?

5. How many carpenters were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?

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