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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. Who were Zeks?
(a) Guards.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Soldiers.

2. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

3. Where were the prisoners who were sent into exile relocated to?
(a) Bavaria.
(b) Romania.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Siberia.

4. Which of the following liquids frequently made prisoners in punishment cells drunk?
(a) Rain water.
(b) Lemon juice.
(c) Urine.
(d) Hot water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did guards transporting prisoners to exile typically steal from them?

2. What is another word for the trains that brought prisoners out to exile?

3. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?

4. How many compartments were in a typical passenger car headed out to exile?

5. Which of the following intangible items did Lenin legalize in 1922?

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