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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 Paka consider himself to be?
(a) A frog.
(b) A dog.
(c) A prince.
(d) A knight.

2. In "Bobok", among the palls at the cemetery, there were also two _____.
(a) Catafalques.
(b) Carriages.
(c) Mausoleums.
(d) Catacombs.

3. What is the name given to the station where the stationmaster and his daughter live?
(a) Stop 7.
(b) Line 45.
(c) Station X.
(d) Station Y.

4. Where does Ivan Yakovlevich go to dispose of the nose he finds in his bread?
(a) Police Bridge.
(b) Anichkin Bridge.
(c) St. Isaac's Bridge.
(d) Dolya Bridge.

5. What is playing below the window when Martin Martinych comes over to Masha's house while she is playing piano?
(a) A bassoon.
(b) An organ-grinder.
(c) A violin.
(d) A trumpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lieutenant drink when he gets back to the hotel in "Sunstroke"?

2. What does the house-chairman in "The Cave" jokingly say he prefers when asked if he would like some tea?

3. What do the three hermits live in?

4. In "The Stationmaster," what is the traveler wearing who appears at the station three years before the narrator's second visit?

5. Where does Lukerya lead the singing when she is young?

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