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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 dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?
(a) Cake.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Sugared bread.
(d) Pudding.

2. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?
(a) A grain cutter.
(b) A cattle rancher.
(c) A stable-hand.
(d) A farmer.

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

4. How many men were standing in the corridor awaiting a strip search? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

5. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?
(a) Half a mile away.
(b) 500 feet away.
(c) A quarter mile away.
(d) A mile away.

Short Answer Questions

1. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

2. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?

3. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?

4. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?

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

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