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

2. How many compartments were in a typical passenger car headed out to exile?
(a) 23.
(b) 9.
(c) 17.
(d) 13.

3. What did Gendelman do for a living?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a lawyer.

4. Which of the following foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Cold soup.
(c) Preserved fish.
(d) Boiled eggs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following methods of transportation was NOT frequently used to send prisoners out to exile?

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

(see the answer key)

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