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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many peasants were members of the TKP?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 200,000.

2. Which of the following terms is used to describe show trials?
(a) Heavenly trials.
(b) Pontoon trials.
(c) Conflictless trials.
(d) Emancipated trials.

3. How many hours a day does Solzhenitsyn claim were of no note?
(a) 8 hours a day.
(b) 24 hours a day.
(c) 12 hours a day.
(d) 16 hours a day.

4. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?
(a) Sitting down and thinking about their ruined lives.
(b) Jumping out of bed when the bell rang.
(c) Eating a meager breakfast of gruel.
(d) Making their beds.

5. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?
(a) They were beaten.
(b) They were mocked.
(c) They were honored.
(d) They were ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did it mean to be "politically illiterate"?

2. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?

3. How long did the typical Gulag prisoner's trial last?

4. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?

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

(see the answer key)

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