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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. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) On horseback.
(b) On trains.
(c) By foot.
(d) In cars.

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

3. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?
(a) Four times per month.
(b) Three times per month.
(c) Twice per month.
(d) Once per month.

4. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?
(a) In Germany.
(b) In America.
(c) In Russia.
(d) In the Middle East.

5. In what year was capital punishment abolished in the courts?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1930.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the police force put into power by the government specifically used to arrest prisoners for Gulag?

2. Which of the following foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?

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

4. How many hours a day does Solzhenitsyn claim were of no note?

5. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?

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