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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter 8, Part 4 gets underway, who is coming to visit Yakov in prison?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) The Tsar.
(c) Zina.
(d) Raisl.

2. Sitting in his cell, someone begins talking to Yakov through his cell door. Who begins to talk to Yakov?
(a) Gronfein.
(b) Zhitnyak.
(c) Kogin.
(d) Shmuel.

3. According to the prosecutor's theory, why does Yakov kill Zhenia?
(a) For ritual purposes.
(b) For something to do.
(c) To hide Yakov's true identity.
(d) To prevent Zhenia from going to the authorities.

4. Yakov's visitor hands papers to Yakov during their visit. Who sends the papers with Yakov's visitor?
(a) The warden.
(b) The rabbi.
(c) The defense attorney.
(d) The prosecutor.

5. After receiving the new indictment, Yakov sees a newspaper headline on the papers brought to him as toilet tissue. What does the headline read?
(a) "The Trial Starts Next Week."
(b) "The Trial of the Century."
(c) "The Jew is Named."
(d) "The Jew is Doomed."

Short Answer Questions

1. Back in his cell after the indictment farce in court, what does Yakov compare his scenario to?

2. What does the speaker ask Yakov to do as he talks to Yakov through the closed cell door?

3. Who discovers what Yakov is doing and confiscates his materials?

4. While the visitor and Yakov are together, what story do the two men argue about?

5. While sitting in his cell reflecting on his circumstances in Chapter 6, Part 9, how does Yakov feel about his fate?

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