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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. In what year does Pushkin start queueing up for others?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1921.

2. What agency’s stamp is in the shape of St. Basil’s?
(a) Expatriate Affairs.
(b) Internal Affairs.
(c) Revolutionary Orthodoxy.
(d) Currency and Commerce.

3. To which of the following is Pushkin compared?
(a) Enoch.
(b) Jared.
(c) Methuselah.
(d) Lamech.

4. How is Pushkin initially rewarded for queuing up for others?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Beans.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Candy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the common evening meal Pushkin and Irina shared as farmers?

2. The bakery to which Irina dispatches Pushkin is on what street?

3. In what year do Pushkin and Irina move to Moscow?

4. In whose memory is the anthology dedicated?

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

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