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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carpenters, Dry Rations.

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 Imperialist League.
(d) The Red Power League.

2. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")
(a) Infestation.
(b) Eating.
(c) Wishes.
(d) Lamenting.

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

4. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?
(a) Supper.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Noon tea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?

2. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?

3. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?

4. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?

5. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?

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