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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator say that he refused to listen to? ("Sententious.")
(a) Promises.
(b) Songs.
(c) Fairy tales.
(d) Love stories.

2. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")
(a) "The Vampire."
(b) "Utopia."
(c) "The Count of Montecristo."
(d) "The Club of Black Jacks."

4. According to "The Lawyers' Plot", what does "smertin" mean?
(a) Death.
(b) Truth.
(c) Power.
(d) Obedience.

5. What was a "kolymka"?
(a) A bread.
(b) A camp.
(c) A pudding.
(d) A lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?

2. What did the sectarian need his extra portion of food to do? ("Quiet.")

3. According to the narrator in "My First Tooth," why is writing something down the best thing to do?

4. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?

5. Why did Kurchen write his letter with his left hand instead of his right?

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