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

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

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

4. Which of the following activities could get a person sent to the punishment camps in TON?
(a) Spitting.
(b) Scratching.
(c) Coughing.
(d) Belching.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?

2. What position did Solzhenitsyn hold in the Russian army before his arrest?

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

4. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?

5. Which of the following actions is the Central Executive Committee of the Russian government NOT allowed to do?

(see the answer key)

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