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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name given to the guard who was in charge of waking the prisoners up in the morning?
(a) The turnkey.
(b) The breaksleep.
(c) The alarmsound.
(d) The doorknock.

2. How many prisons could a true son of Gulag name?
(a) 35.
(b) 10.
(c) 50.
(d) 24.

3. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 50 years.

4. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?
(a) Plumbers.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Mathematicians.
(d) Architects.

5. In 1963, how many judges were brought before the Supreme Court to defend their actions at Gulag?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 70.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?

2. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?

3. Which of the following medical conditions did Lenin suffer from in 1922?

4. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?

5. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?

(see the answer key)

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