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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name Vlasov synonymous with?
(a) Prisoner.
(b) Murderer.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Soldier.

2. Under the tsar's rule, which of the following types of prisoners did NOT fill the system?
(a) Violent prisoners.
(b) Former officials.
(c) Prominent prisoners.
(d) Wealthy prisoners.

3. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?
(a) Exiled Koreans.
(b) Chinese railway workers.
(c) Wealthy Italians.
(d) Leningrad Estonians.

4. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?
(a) Soup.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Bread.
(d) Eggs.

5. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?
(a) Muzzling.
(b) Hard labor.
(c) Death.
(d) A tenner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?

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

3. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

4. How long did prisoners usually cling to the hope that their arrest has been a mistake?

5. How many peasants were members of the TKP?

(see the answer key)

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