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

2. What did Andrei Platonov do prior to being in the camps?
(a) He was a doctor.
(b) He was a novelist.
(c) He was a movie scriptwriter.
(d) He was a lawyer.

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

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

5. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Bread.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Jam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")

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

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

4. What did the narrator say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")

5. In "The Snake Charmer," how long did Platonov say that he had been in Jankhar?

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