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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many parts did the men have to divide their rations into? ("Dry Rations.")
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

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

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

5. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?
(a) 58.
(b) 14.
(c) 114.
(d) 67.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?

2. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?

3. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?

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

5. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans did Bagretsov have for the underwear that he took off of the corpse?

2. In "Sententious," who did the narrator say that he envied?

3. In "The Bathhouse," why was lice a relative concept to most convicts?

4. Given that convicts were not allowed to see a thermometer, how did they know when temperatures reached 60 degrees below zero in "Carpenters"?

5. In the story "In The Night," how did Bagretsov cut his finger?

6. What materials were needed to make the playing cards that the men in "On Tick" used?

7. What did Savelev do after finding Ivanovich hung himself?

8. Why did Platonov decide to tell the thieves a story? ("The Snake Charmer.")

9. Who did Gloubev recognize in the hospital as he was recovering from his appendectomy? ("A Piece of Meat.")

10. What did the narrator say about death in "Sententious"?

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