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

2. What was the hospital director doing with the doctors at the opening of "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Complaining about the prisoners.
(c) Playing pool.
(d) Watching a surgery.

3. According to "The Lawyers' Plot", what does "smertin" mean?
(a) Truth.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Death.
(d) Power.

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

5. What did the narrator call "precious things" in "Esperanto"?
(a) Pea coats.
(b) Civilian clothing.
(c) Felt boots.
(d) Convict clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")

2. What was the name of the religious sect spoken about in "Quiet"?

3. What did Flemming claim to have been during his time in camp? ("The Used-Book Dealer.")

4. What had the narrator written complaints about? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")

5. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

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