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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only article of clothing prisoners in the punishment cells were allowed to wear?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Trousers.
(c) A shirt.
(d) Shoes.

2. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?
(a) Melville.
(b) Schiller.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. What did relatives furiously try to pack when their family members were arrested?
(a) Food.
(b) Legal documents.
(c) Blankets and pillows.
(d) Clothing.

4. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) By foot.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On trains.
(d) In cars.

5. In what year was capital punishment abolished in the courts?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?

3. Which of the following foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?

4. What did Gulag prisoners steal from unsuspecting guards in the revolt of 1952?

5. During which decade did prisoners rarely have food due to a food shortage all across Russia?

(see the answer key)

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