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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. Whom does the stationmaster ask about his daughter's whereabouts as this person is snuffing out candles?
(a) The candle maker.
(b) The nun.
(c) The sexton.
(d) The friar.

2. What does Lukerya ask Pyotr Petrovich if he remembers as he is leaving the bee hut?
(a) Her gold dress.
(b) Her red slippers.
(c) Her strong arms.
(d) Her long braid.

3. In "Sunstroke", what does the lieutenant slap his boots with while contemplating the woman's absence in the hotel room?
(a) An umbrella.
(b) A carriage whip.
(c) A night stick.
(d) A swagger-stick.

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

5. What grade is the stationmaster?
(a) Ninth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourteenth.
(d) Twentieth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Bishop sailing to in "The Three Hermits"?

2. Who goes hunting with Pyotr Petrovich in "A Living Relic"?

3. 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?

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

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

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