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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

2. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?
(a) Pity for self.
(b) Pity for loved-ones.
(c) Pity for animals.
(d) Pity for mankind.

3. What was the name of the religious sect spoken about in "Quiet"?
(a) Forever Free.
(b) Hope in God.
(c) God Knows.
(d) Know to Live.

4. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")
(a) Love.
(b) Caring.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Solidarity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?

2. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")

3. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?

4. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")

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"?

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