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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “God Sees the Truth, But Waits” pp. 107-111.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Aksionov spend time with when he stops for the night on his way to the fair?
(a) His old friend.
(b) A stranger.
(c) A fellow merchant.
(d) His brother.

2. Who does Aksionov say is the only person they must appeal to after his wife leaves?
(a) The dead merchant.
(b) The Prime MInister.
(c) The Czar.
(d) God.

3. What is Aksionov asked about his previous night’s stay?
(a) If he left his luggage there.
(b) How much it cost him.
(c) The inn’s address.
(d) Where he stayed and with whom.

4. Who does Aksionov’s wife tell him she has already petitioned to try to get him out?
(a) The Czar.
(b) The police officer who arrested him.
(c) The church.
(d) The soldiers.

5. Who is the author of “God Sees the Truth But Waits”?
(a) Turgenev.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Nabokov.
(d) Dostoevsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aksionov earn money in prison?

2. What do the prisoners ask of Aksionov whenever they want to “petition the prison authorities about anything” (111)?

3. What does the officer order the soldiers to do to Aksionov after they have searched his luggage?

4. How is Aksionov’s beard described after 26 years in prison?

5. In what city is Aksionov imprisoned?

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