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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cave by Evgeny Zamyatin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator in "The Stationmaster" traveling in May 1816?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Siberia.
(c) N. Province.
(d) Novosibirsk.

2. What street does the barber Ivan Yakovlevich live on?
(a) Voznesensky Avenue.
(b) Pushkin Street.
(c) Kolya Avenue.
(d) Krasnoy Street.

3. In "The Stationmaster," what is the traveler wearing who appears at the station three years before the narrator's second visit?
(a) A Circassian fur cap.
(b) A sapphire ring
(c) A mink coat.
(d) A German patch.

4. What is the name of a type of Russian carriage?
(a) A rickshaw.
(b) A shaker.
(c) A chariot.
(d) A troika.

5. Who must be asked before the Bishop can visit the three hermits?
(a) The Cardinal.
(b) The General.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The Colonel.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Lukerya betrothed when she is a young girl?

2. What is the name of the type of small wattle shed or hut that Pyotr Petrovich finds next to the bee-garden?

3. According to Paka, the wicked fairy got cross with his mother because she hadn't invited her to what?

4. Where does "The Clothesmender" take place?

5. What sort of steamer does the woman take when she leaves the lieutenant in "Sunstroke"?

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