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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Magic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?
(a) All of those listed.
(b) Wheelbarrow.
(c) Saw.
(d) Pick.

2. What did Golubev fake so he would not have to return to work? ("A Piece of Meat")
(a) A broken rib.
(b) A broken back.
(c) Hearing loss.
(d) Appendicitis.

3. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")
(a) Grouse.
(b) Duck.
(c) Quail.
(d) Pheasant.

4. Who was denied hot food for refusing to give up his prosthetic arm?
(a) Grisha.
(b) Karavaev.
(c) Shor.
(d) Panin.

5. What did Fedya call Platonov in "The Snake Charmer"?
(a) Michael.
(b) Russian.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Igor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

2. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

3. In "A Piece of Meat," who "offered" a "bloody sacrifice"?

4. What did the sectarian need his extra portion of food to do? ("Quiet.")

5. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")

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