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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Piece of Meat, The Snake Charmer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A whore-house.
(d) A laundry.

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

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

4. What was the name of the religious sect spoken about in "Quiet"?
(a) Forever Free.
(b) Hope in God.
(c) Know to Live.
(d) God Knows.

5. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive hot food?
(a) NHF.
(b) XHF.
(c) XX.
(d) X.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?

2. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?

3. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?

4. What did "Carpenters" state men were not shown?

5. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

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