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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Major Pugachov's Last Battle, On Tick.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")
(a) To eat with friends.
(b) To have thick soup.
(c) To eat alone.
(d) To prepare food.

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

3. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what keys did Gorbunov come to the guardhouse to get?
(a) The bathhouse keys.
(b) The food storeroom keys.
(c) The grain room keys.
(d) The clothing room keys.

4. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?
(a) Lies.
(b) Myths.
(c) Hate-fueled.
(d) Tyranny.

5. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?
(a) All will to live.
(b) All need for food.
(c) All human emotions.
(d) All desire to survive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?

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

4. In "Carpenters," for how long had the fog been so thick that a man was not able to be seen from "two paces away"?

5. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?

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