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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, what does Marfa urge Yakov to do?
(a) Repent.
(b) Pray.
(c) Confess.
(d) Escape.

2. In Yakov's visions, whom does he imagine himself having conversations with?
(a) The colonel.
(b) The Tsar.
(c) The warden.
(d) The prosecutor.

3. After Yakov's visitor tells him what is required in order for Yakov do be released from prison, how does Yakov respond?
(a) He puts on the prayer shawl.
(b) He questions the visitor's motives.
(c) He insists the visitor leave his cell.
(d) He threatens the visitor.

4. What is the name of Yakov's attorney?
(a) Dumbrowski.
(b) Kievski.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Ostrovsky.

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

6. In Yakov's visions, who is responsible for the murders he sees?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Black Renegades.
(c) The Black Hundreds.
(d) The Black Knights.

7. After he begins blacking out, who does Yakov find himself thinking of often?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) Zhenia.
(c) Bibikov.
(d) Raisl.

8. According to Marfa's information, who does the current theory insist put Yakov up to the crime?
(a) Muslim leaders.
(b) Christian leaders.
(c) Jewish leaders.
(d) Islamic leaders.

9. When the deputy warden tries to punish Yakov for throwing the item at him, who sticks up for Yakov?
(a) Kogin.
(b) Berezhinsky.
(c) Ostrovsky.
(d) The warden.

10. Who does Yakov see during his frequent hallucinations while in his cell?
(a) Zhenia.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Bibikov.
(d) Raisl.

11. What happens as Yakov is pacing his cell after his new attorney departs?
(a) Yakov screams.
(b) Yakov cuts his chains loose.
(c) Yakov faints.
(d) Yakov's legs swell.

12. What do the guards do when Yakov refuses the pardon he is offered?
(a) Chain him to the bed.
(b) Pour urine on his head.
(c) Refuse to light the stove.
(d) Refuse to feed him.

13. After his cell is searched in Chapter 7, Part 2, Yakov becomes despondent. What does Yakov find pleasure in thinking about?
(a) Death.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Spring.
(d) Raisl.

14. After he begins blacking out, what does Yakov find comfort in?
(a) The book of Hosea.
(b) The book of Job.
(c) The book of Proverbs.
(d) The book of Psalms.

15. For what does the prosecutor scold Yakov while the two men are meeting?
(a) Provocation.
(b) Humor.
(c) Insolence.
(d) Violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. After receiving the new indictment, Yakov sees a newspaper headline on the papers brought to him as toilet tissue. What does the headline read?

2. One day, Yakov awakens in his cell to find his possessions there, but something is missing. What is missing?

3. How does Yakov's new guard periodically amuse himself?

4. How long has Yakov's visitor in Chapter 8, Part 4 been begging to see him?

5. What name does Yakov mention that causes the prosecutor to angrily leave Yakov's cell?

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