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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Used-Book Dealer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")
(a) Bathe.
(b) Change clothes.
(c) Boil water.
(d) Make bread.

2. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The urge to escape.
(b) The danger of a "lurch into death."
(c) The renewed hope of life.
(d) The desire to die.

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

4. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?
(a) As a fog.
(b) As a gift.
(c) As a place of comfort.
(d) As a comfortable bed.

5. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?
(a) Six days.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?

2. Who employed a famous hypnotist during in the 1930's? ("The Used-Book Dealer.")

3. In 1939, what quarantine had the narrator and five others endured? ("Esperanto.")

4. In "Quiet," what was concerning to the narrator about the tables in the camp dining room?

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

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