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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lozovsky ask to be shot during Chulpenyev's trial?
(a) To show his innocence.
(b) To show his love.
(c) To show his patriotism.
(d) To show his bravery.

2. Which of the following adjectives is NOT used to describe the academic civilians in Russia?
(a) Pious.
(b) Useless.
(c) Rotten.
(d) Slovenly.

3. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?
(a) Excruciatingly tiny cells.
(b) Freezing cold cells.
(c) Cells filled with biting ants.
(d) Massive cement cells.

4. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?
(a) VTsIK.
(b) KWyBZ.
(c) GULAG.
(d) ARCEC.

5. For how long did Stalin use officially capital punishment as a way to "clean out" his overcrowded prisons?
(a) Four days.
(b) Four months.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?

2. Which of the following terms was used to describe prisoners just arriving to exile?

3. Which of the following adjectives does Solzhenitsyn use to describe the powers of execution?

4. Which of the following items was NOT used to break prisoners who attempted a hunger strike?

5. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?

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