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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 6, Part 5 begins, Yakov is thinking through all of the things he studied before he was incarcerated. What is he NOT thinking about?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Religion.
(c) Biology.
(d) Chemistry.

2. What does Yakov see during his frequent hallucinations while in his cell?
(a) Dead ducks.
(b) Dead farm animals.
(c) Dead bodies.
(d) Dead neighbors.

3. When Yakov is taken back to prison, he is shown a book that some of the officials are developing. What is the book's topic?
(a) Jewish prayers and customs.
(b) Jewish psychological games.
(c) Jewish evil magic spells.
(d) Jewish physical characteristics.

4. When Yakov responds by pointing out something in the officials' book that he thinks resembles the prosecutor, how does the official respond?
(a) With violence.
(b) With threats.
(c) With laughter.
(d) With chagrin.

5. When the warden brings Yakov a new indictment, what is Yakov being charged as?
(a) A ritual murderer.
(b) A Hasidic Jew.
(c) An embezzler.
(d) A child molester.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yakov is taken to the infirmary, who does he learn has been shot for disobeying a guard?

2. As Yakov runs around his cell screaming, who finally tells him to shut up?

3. According to what Proshko tells the secret police, what is Yakov responsible for?

4. What does Yakov's reading in Chapter 7, Part 3 do to his temperament?

5. Who finally confirms that Yakov is the "nameless Jew" arrested in Kiev to the people in the shtetl?

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