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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A lawyer.

2. What did Merzlakov pretend was hurt so that he would not have to return to work?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His leg.
(c) His back.
(d) His hand.

3. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The danger of a "lurch into death."
(b) The renewed hope of life.
(c) The urge to escape.
(d) The desire to die.

4. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?
(a) Pity for loved-ones.
(b) Pity for self.
(c) Pity for animals.
(d) Pity for mankind.

5. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?
(a) Tractor prints.
(b) Deer prints.
(c) Solider's foot prints.
(d) Wagon prints.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?

2. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?

3. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?

4. How many axe handles were the men in "Carpenters" required to make every day?

5. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

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