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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Magic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Love.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hate.

2. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")
(a) Quail.
(b) Grouse.
(c) Duck.
(d) Pheasant.

3. What was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?
(a) "Never again."
(b) "Leave me to die."
(c) "There is always tomorrow."
(d) "Go to hell."

4. What did Fedya call Platonov in "The Snake Charmer"?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Russian.
(c) Igor.
(d) Michael.

5. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?
(a) Nadezhda Mandelshtam.
(b) Nitkita Drezgrov.
(c) Simon Gradstrom.
(d) Romentz Bulvikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?

2. Who was denied hot food for refusing to give up his prosthetic arm?

3. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")

4. What did Golubev fake so he would not have to return to work? ("A Piece of Meat")

5. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")

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