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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Piece of Meat, The Snake Charmer.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six days.
(d) A year and a half.

3. What was the name of the religious sect spoken about in "Quiet"?
(a) Know to Live.
(b) Hope in God.
(c) Forever Free.
(d) God Knows.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gorbunov kill in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?

2. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")

3. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?

4. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?

5. What had Merzlakov received for breakfast on the morning that he compared humans to livestock?

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