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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cave by Evgeny Zamyatin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lukerya lead the singing when she is young?
(a) Spasskoye.
(b) Aldan.
(c) Novosibirsk.
(d) Kotovo.

2. What is the last thing Lukerya asks of Pyotr Petrovich?
(a) To bring her back a deer from his next hunting trip.
(b) To have his mother reduce the quit-rent for the peasants.
(c) To give her some honey.
(d) To find her lost daughter.

3. What does the tailor in "The Clothesmender" have a special gift for?
(a) Cutting.
(b) Fitting.
(c) Darning.
(d) Pressing.

4. What is painted on the sign by the gate in "The Clothesmender"?
(a) A wedding dress.
(b) An armyak and a poddyovka.
(c) A krasnya kniga.
(d) Two clergy robes.

5. What does Paka think of the boys who pass his house on the road?
(a) They are rich.
(b) They are sick.
(c) They are stupid.
(d) They are lucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the woman in the story that Lukerya tells Pyotr Petrovich chase away beyond the sea?

2. Where is the narrator in "The Stationmaster" traveling in May 1816?

3. From what language does Ivan Ivanovich translate books for booksellers?

4. What does the occupant of Room One from the beginning of "The Clothesmender" do when the tailor tries to comfort him at the end of the story?

5. What does Ivan Ivanovich not like reading?

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