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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sectarian need his extra portion of food to do? ("Quiet.")
(a) Find hope in life.
(b) Lok forward to the next day.
(c) Get a good nights rest.
(d) Decide to die.

2. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?
(a) Pity for self.
(b) Pity for animals.
(c) Pity for loved-ones.
(d) Pity for mankind.

3. What did Fedya call Platonov in "The Snake Charmer"?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Michael.
(c) Russian.
(d) Igor.

4. In "On Tick," what did the narrator say was the safest place to be?
(a) The food-storage room.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The guards' room.
(d) The horse-drivers' barracks.

5. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

6. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Young Communist League.
(b) The Youth League of Russia.
(c) The Red Power League.
(d) The Imperialist League.

7. Who was shot in "Quiet"?
(a) The guard.
(b) The food server.
(c) The guard's dog.
(d) The sectarian.

8. What did Golubev fake so he would not have to return to work? ("A Piece of Meat")
(a) Hearing loss.
(b) A broken rib.
(c) A broken back.
(d) Appendicitis.

9. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?
(a) Jam.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Bread.
(d) Grapes.

10. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?
(a) Tyranny.
(b) Myths.
(c) Hate-fueled.
(d) Lies.

11. What happened to Garkunov at the end of "On Tick"?
(a) He died.
(b) He escaped.
(c) He fell asleep.
(d) He gave in to the requests.

12. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?
(a) The giant elm.
(b) The dwarf pine.
(c) The dwarf cedar.
(d) The massive oak.

13. To what Shakespearean character was the taker of "meat" compared?
(a) Lorenzo.
(b) Shylock.
(c) Antonio.
(d) MacBeth.

14. What appeared on a tree stump at the end of "Sententious"?
(a) A pint of vodka.
(b) A record-player.
(c) A pouch of tobacco.
(d) A clean pair of underware.

15. What did the prisoners refuse to eat in the dining hall and take back to their barracks? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle.")
(a) Kasha.
(b) Bread.
(c) Soup.
(d) Crackers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

3. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?

4. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?

5. What was a "kolymka"?

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