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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Young Communist League.
(b) The Youth League of Russia.
(c) The Red Power League.
(d) The Imperialist League.

2. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A carpenter.

3. How many axe handles were the men in "Carpenters" required to make every day?
(a) 90.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 70.

4. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?
(a) All need for food.
(b) All will to live.
(c) All human emotions.
(d) All desire to survive.

5. In "Carpenters," for how long had the fog been so thick that a man was not able to be seen from "two paces away"?
(a) Forever.
(b) 2 days.
(c) One week.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")

2. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?

3. What did the narrator refuse to give up at the end of "Prosthetic Appliances"?

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

5. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive hot food?

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