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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does Nikolai offer to Yakov if Yakov will fix up an apartment that Nikolai owns?
(a) 25 rubles.
(b) 40 rubles.
(c) 60 rubles.
(d) 100 rubles.

3. When Yakov is taken to the infirmary, who does he learn has been shot for disobeying a guard?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) Fetyukov.
(c) Proshko.
(d) Gronfein.

4. When Bibikov apologizes for the poor treatment Yakov is receiving, Yakov asks for only one thing. What is it?
(a) A new blanket.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A pair of pants.

5. Where does Yakov first find Nikolai?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In an alley.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In a snowbank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bibikov travel to see on Yakov's behalf in hopes of having Yakov's case dismissed?

2. To what prison does the prosecutor send Yakov while Yakov is awaiting trials?

3. Who advises Yakov to stay in the village and not venture on to Kiev?

4. After Yakov has his revelation as to the cause of his sickness, what does Yakov refuse to do?

5. According to Proshko's testimony, how does Yakov set the fire he is accused of starting?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Yakov imagines talking to the Tsar, how does Yakov answer the Tsar's question about whether Yakov has been taught anything by his suffering?

2. After Yakov is discovered digging at the concrete and becomes despondent, he finally realizes something that the officials want. What do the officials want?

3. Why does Yakov steel himself to live instead of wanting to die?

4. Even though Yakov is desperately ill and is not allowed access to the prison hospital, Yakov is relieved. Why?

5. As Yakov is being prepared for his trial, why does a barber come and shave Yakov's head?

6. After refusing the pardon, Yakov decides that things are never truly as bad as they can get. Why does Yakov decide that?

7. When Yakov is offered a pardon by the Tsar, why does Yakov refuse the pardon?

8. Looking back on his marriage to Raisl, why does Yakov now believe that it was a mistake to marry Raisl?

9. When Yakov is returned to his cell, he feels a certain kinship with two other men in his cell. What does Yakov think the men all have in common?

10. After being returned to his cell following the farce of an indictment, Yakov loses it. Describe his behavior.

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