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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and "The Line".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rooms does the cottage boast in which Pushkin and Irina lived?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What is on offer at the bakery where Pushkin initially queues?
(a) Black bread.
(b) White bread.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Cake.

3. In what year do Pushkin and Irina move to Moscow?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1918.

4. The store to which Irina dispatches Pushkin for sugar is on what street?
(a) Maxim Gorky.
(b) Tverskaya.
(c) Battleship Potemkin.
(d) Povarskaya.

5. What was the common evening meal Pushkin and Irina shared as farmers?
(a) Filet mignon.
(b) Cabbage soup.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Beet soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many hours does Pushkin wait for cabbage?

2. How does “The Line” gloss the term “mir”?

3. In which of the following queues does Petya offer to stand on Pushkin’s behalf?

4. What quality is ascribed to the artist with whom Pushkin confers?

5. Under what article of the Criminal Code does the NKVD convict intellectuals of counterrevolutionary activities?

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