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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was shot in "Quiet"?
(a) The guard's dog.
(b) The food server.
(c) The sectarian.
(d) The guard.
2. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what did Major Pugachov tell a party boss he was preparing for?
(a) A play.
(b) A transfer to another camp.
(c) A trip to the ovens.
(d) A concert.
3. To what Shakespearean character was the taker of "meat" compared?
(a) Shylock.
(b) Antonio.
(c) MacBeth.
(d) Lorenzo.
4. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Flour.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Oats.
5. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?
(a) The work-men from the barracks.
(b) The Sanitation Squad.
(c) The section commanders.
(d) The Bathhouse Squad.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")
2. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?
3. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
4. What did Golubev fake so he would not have to return to work? ("A Piece of Meat")
5. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")
Short Essay Questions
1. What "piece of meat" did Golubev offer up in sacrifice? ("A Piece of Meat.")
2. What did the extra food give the sectarian the energy to do in "Quiet"?
3. What plans did Bagretsov have for the underwear that he took off of the corpse?
4. How did the story "Sententious" end?
5. Why did Merzlakov fake a back injury in "Shock Therapy"?
6. What happened to Grigoriev and Potashnikov after the foreman found out that they were not carpenters?
7. Why did Platonov decide to tell the thieves a story? ("The Snake Charmer.")
8. What was the "circle" that was created regarding the relationship between work and food in "Shock Therapy"?
9. Given that convicts were not allowed to see a thermometer, how did they know when temperatures reached 60 degrees below zero in "Carpenters"?
10. Who did Gloubev recognize in the hospital as he was recovering from his appendectomy? ("A Piece of Meat.")
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