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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. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A stone.
(c) A stick.
(d) A watch.

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

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

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

5. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?
(a) Nintekuv.
(b) Mitenth.
(c) Duskania.
(d) Supktov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator say that he refused to listen to? ("Sententious.")

2. In "A Piece of Meat," who "offered" a "bloody sacrifice"?

3. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?

4. In "On Tick," what did the narrator say was the safest place to be?

5. Who was denied hot food for refusing to give up his prosthetic arm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the Siberian dwarf cedar called a "weatherman" by the narrator?

2. What did the narrator in "A Pushover Job" and his companion do to full-fill their quota of pine needles?

3. What decision did the men in "Dry Rations" make regarding their food?

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

5. How did Platonov, in "The Snake Charmer," die?

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

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

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

9. What "piece of meat" did Golubev offer up in sacrifice? ("A Piece of Meat.")

10. What was the "circle" that was created regarding the relationship between work and food in "Shock Therapy"?

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