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

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) Saw.
(b) Wheelbarrow.
(c) Pick.
(d) All of those listed.

2. What did Praga, in "Esperanto," do to his clothing?
(a) Tore it into rags.
(b) Burned it.
(c) Traded it for tobacco.
(d) Traded it for extra soup.

3. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?
(a) The "scrawny men."
(b) The "larger men."
(c) The "starved men."
(d) The "hungry men."

4. What did the narrator refuse to give up at the end of "Prosthetic Appliances"?
(a) His coat.
(b) His soul.
(c) His leg.
(d) His hand.

5. On a how many day march were the men in "My First Tooth" on?
(a) 14 day.
(b) 5 day.
(c) 10 day.
(d) 9 day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")

2. What was a "kolymka"?

3. In "A Piece of Meat," how did Golubev always sleep?

4. What position was Skoroseev given in "Esperanto."?

5. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

(see the answer key)

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