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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. In order to make Yakov appear like a Hasidic Jew, what does the Deputy Warden refuse to let Yakov do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Shave.
(d) Get a haircut.

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

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

4. What is the name of the prisoner who is arrested because he is holding a bunch of pamphlets?
(a) Zhenia.
(b) Potseikin.
(c) Akimytch.
(d) Yeltsin.

5. When Yakov envisions himself wresting with the Tsar, they continue to wrestle until the Tsar declares himself to be __________________.
(a) The winner.
(b) An angel of God.
(c) All powerful.
(d) A demon from hell.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the days passed, the Russian officials kept waiting for Yakov to start something. What are they waiting for?

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

3. When Yakov responds by pointing out something in the officials' book that he thinks resembles the prosecutor, how does the official respond?

4. After the winter finally ends, Yakov is desperate to relieve his boredom. What does Yakov do?

5. What does Zhitnyak sneak into Yakov after his escape-from-boredom materials are confiscated?

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