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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?
(a) A knife.
(b) A branch.
(c) A zipper.
(d) A rock.

2. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?
(a) The massive oak.
(b) The dwarf pine.
(c) The giant elm.
(d) The dwarf cedar.

3. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?
(a) Myths.
(b) Lies.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Hate-fueled.

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

5. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?
(a) Frosted glass.
(b) Sugar cookies.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Loaves of sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?

2. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")

3. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?

4. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?

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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