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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Major Pugachov's Last Battle, On Tick.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")
(a) Wishes.
(b) Lamenting.
(c) Eating.
(d) Infestation.

2. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?
(a) A stick.
(b) A watch.
(c) A stone.
(d) A rabbit.

3. Who was shot in "Quiet"?
(a) The guard's dog.
(b) The sectarian.
(c) The guard.
(d) The food server.

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

5. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?
(a) Nadezhda Mandelshtam.
(b) Simon Gradstrom.
(c) Nitkita Drezgrov.
(d) Romentz Bulvikov.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?

3. For Potashnikov, how long did his breakfast sustain his work? ("Carpenters.")

4. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?

5. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?

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