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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 are Pyotr Petrovich and his friend hunting for?
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Ptarmigan.
(c) Black grouse.
(d) Game hens.

2. Why does Major Kovalyov go to the newspaper office?
(a) To see if his nose has reported him missing.
(b) To get a subscription.
(c) To put out an advertisement for his lost nose.
(d) To get a job.

3. What does the police inspector prefer to everything else in "The Nose"?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) A compliment.
(c) A bank note.
(d) Manicures.

4. Martin Martinych's face is as if it is made of clay, like many faces, back to whom?
(a) Peter the Great.
(b) Cain.
(c) Adam.
(d) Caesar.

5. Who is the governor-general of Moscow at the time "The Clothesmender" takes place?
(a) Count Zakrevsky.
(b) Baron Klinevich.
(c) Duke Sergeyevich.
(d) Prince Golitsyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan Ivanovich do that causes the corpses to go silent?

2. What does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" have a special gift for?

3. What does Lukerya ask Pyotr Petrovich if he remembers as he is leaving the bee hut?

4. Which demon does the narrator of "In Bondage" say is a very petty demon, but one of the most dangerous?

5. What author's "bons mots" does Ivan Ivanovich say he wishes to collect?

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