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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 name of the revolutionary that organized the early Russian courts?
(a) Kolchek.
(b) Kaiser.
(c) Kursky.
(d) Krylenko.

2. Which of the following actions is the Central Executive Committee of the Russian government NOT allowed to do?
(a) Send prisoners to punishment camps.
(b) Execute prisoners.
(c) Give prisoners lighter sentences.
(d) Pardon prisoners.

3. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?
(a) The youngest prisoners.
(b) The healthiest prisoners.
(c) The oldest prisoners.
(d) The weakest prisoners.

4. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) KRSO.
(b) MQOR.
(c) NKVD.
(d) YBKW.

5. What was the name of the police force put into power by the government specifically used to arrest prisoners for Gulag?
(a) The Feet.
(b) The Organs.
(c) The Eyes.
(d) The Skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name Vlasov synonymous with?

2. Who famously uttered the words, "Intelligentsia are not the nation's brains, but their excrement"?

3. Which of the following adjectives is NOT used to describe the academic civilians in Russia?

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

5. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?

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