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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 was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?
(a) "Go to hell."
(b) "There is always tomorrow."
(c) "Never again."
(d) "Leave me to die."

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

3. In "A Piece of Meat," who "offered" a "bloody sacrifice"?
(a) Gulliver.
(b) Golubev.
(c) Praga.
(d) Yakut.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")

2. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?

3. What did Seva refuse to play cards for? ("On Tick.")

4. What did Garkunov have under his dirty undershirt?

5. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?

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