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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 did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?
(a) To do evil, people must justify their actions.
(b) To do evil, people must disregard humanity.
(c) To do evil, people must ignore pain.
(d) To do evil, people must search for justice in an unjust world.

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

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

4. Which group of soldiers turned on the Russian church, demanding all its money?
(a) The SRs.
(b) The Militia.
(c) The Bolsheviks.
(d) The Turncoats.

5. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple.
(c) Silver.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?

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

3. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?

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

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

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