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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator state was worse than criminals who robbed him? ("Esperanto.")
(a) The government.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The food.
(d) The guards.

3. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?
(a) Simon Gradstrom.
(b) Romentz Bulvikov.
(c) Nadezhda Mandelshtam.
(d) Nitkita Drezgrov.

4. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")
(a) Underwear.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Towels.
(d) Socks.

5. What did the narrator recall had been confiscated in Magadan? ("Esperanto.")
(a) Books.
(b) Pants.
(c) Fleece coats.
(d) Fur coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")

2. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?

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

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?

5. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?

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