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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) N. Province.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Novosibirsk.

2. To where does the police officer who brings Major Kovalyov's nose back to him, say he has to go when he is offered a cup of tea?
(a) The post office.
(b) A gymnasium.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A mental asylum.

3. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant hear in the cathedral?
(a) A sermon.
(b) Ominous chanting.
(c) Bells tolling.
(d) Loud singing.

4. In "Sunstroke", how old is the woman's child?
(a) Three.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Nine.

5. The clerk at the newspaper office says that the loss of Major Kovalyov's nose is (a) _____ business.
(a) No one's
(b) Doctor's.
(c) Fool's.
(d) Bureaucrat's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is playing below the window when Martin Martinych comes over to Masha's house while she is playing piano?

2. Who does Lukerya say has great patience when Pyotr Petrovich compliments her on her own patience?

3. Who in the church suggests a place for the narrator to live in "The Clothesmender"?

4. How are the three hermits described?

5. What does the Bishop suggest that the three hermits have heard of when he is teaching them to pray?

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