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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. What does the wife of Martin Martinych's downstairs neighbor hide under a napkin when he comes into their room?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A coal.
(d) A coin.

2. Who else is on the ship besides the Bishop in "The Three Hermits"?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Military personnel.

3. The young man who dies of "complications" goes to which doctor before he dies?
(a) Botkin.
(b) Vasiliev.
(c) Schultz.
(d) Eck.

4. Who does Pyotr Petrovich say is the woman who takes up the sword in the story Lukerya tells?
(a) Lady Godiva.
(b) The Lady of Avalon.
(c) Catherine the Great.
(d) Joan of Arc.

5. When confronted by Major Kovalyov, what line of work does the nose say he is in?
(a) Scholarly.
(b) Aristocratic.
(c) Military.
(d) Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?

2. Who tells the merchant the story of the three hermits?

3. In "The Clothesmender," what does the tailor's grandfather sell?

4. What color is the water in the cemetery that is being baled out with a dipper by the gravedigger in "Bobok"?

5. In front of the Icon in "Sleepy", what color light is burning?

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