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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prosthetic Appliances, Quiet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")
(a) Boil water.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) Make bread.
(d) Bathe.

2. What had Merzlakov received for breakfast on the morning that he compared humans to livestock?
(a) Three spoonfuls of porridge.
(b) Two eggs.
(c) One slice of bread.
(d) An ounce of milk.

3. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Fear.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

4. What did the narrator say was the only thing that a prisoner would wash if he were only allotted a spoonful of water to bathe?
(a) His nose.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His ears.

5. During what months would the dwarf cedar tree rise up from the ground?
(a) September or October.
(b) April or May.
(c) December or January.
(d) March or April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?

2. Who was shot in "Quiet"?

3. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")

4. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?

5. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?

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