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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")
(a) Change clothes.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Boil water.
(d) Make bread.

3. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?
(a) A "vitamin factory."
(b) A work house.
(c) The bathouse.
(d) The commander's home.

4. How many parts did the men have to divide their rations into? ("Dry Rations.")
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

5. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?
(a) Flour.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Oats.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?

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

3. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?

4. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?

5. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")

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