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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. What color were the battalions many POWs joined in exchange for food?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Gold.
(d) Blue.

2. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?
(a) The White Army.
(b) The Blue Army.
(c) The Black Army.
(d) The Red Army.

3. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1925.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following methods was NOT one prisoners used to try to figure out where they were going when being sent into exile?
(a) Stealing glances at street signs through cracks in the wood.
(b) Marking the position of the sun.
(c) Sneaking maps in with their folded clothing.
(d) Asking other exiled prisoners for clues.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?

2. What did Gulag prisoners steal from unsuspecting guards in the revolt of 1952?

3. Which of the following methods was NOT used as a way to prevent prisoners from engaging in hunger strikes?

4. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?

5. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?

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