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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?
(a) A warm meal.
(b) A smoke.
(c) A new coat.
(d) A coffee.

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

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

4. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Young Communist League.
(b) The Red Power League.
(c) The Imperialist League.
(d) The Youth League of Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?

3. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?

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

5. What did the narrator say that he refused to listen to? ("Sententious.")

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