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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 animal was killed and a part of the meat was given to Flemming as a traditional Kolyma tribute? ("The Used-Book Dealer.")
(a) A cat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A rat.
(d) A deer.

2. Why did Golubev's boss like him? ("Magic.")
(a) For both reasons listed.
(b) Because he hated drunks.
(c) Because he did not accept bribes.
(d) For none of the reasons listed.

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

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 comfortable bed.
(d) As a place of comfort.

5. What did Flemming claim to have been during his time in camp? ("The Used-Book Dealer.")
(a) A "rotting skeleton."
(b) A "flower laying in rest."
(c) A "waste."
(d) A "human being."

Short Answer Questions

1. What equipment arrived from America and, therefore, convicts learned a new word?

2. In "Magic," what object was tapping on the window?

3. In what year was the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot" born?

4. When the name "Skoroseev" was mentioned to the narrator, what did he immediately recall? ("Esperanto.")

5. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")

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