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

2. What did guards transporting prisoners to exile typically steal from them?
(a) Their clothing.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their water.
(d) Their shoes.

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

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

5. After Krylenko's trial, how many men were spared death by execution?
(a) 44.
(b) 34.
(c) 24.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many days was a prisoner sent to punishment for if he were found guilty of unruliness?

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

5. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?

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