View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?
(a) To ensure only the high society reproduce.
(b) To cleanse their society.
(c) To punish them for their crimes.
(d) To prevent them from revolting in the future.

2. Which country did Solzhenitsyn use as an example to show how the Organs justify their existence?
(a) Germany.
(b) Prussia.
(c) Romania.
(d) Mongolia.

3. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?
(a) The oldest prisoners.
(b) The healthiest prisoners.
(c) The youngest prisoners.
(d) The weakest prisoners.

4. During what decade did hunger strikes spike in popularity?
(a) In the 1950s.
(b) In the 1920s.
(c) In the 1940s.
(d) In the 1930s.

5. Which of the following items was NOT used to break prisoners who attempted a hunger strike?
(a) Fists.
(b) Clubs.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words was prison slang for execution?

2. How was time at Gulag measured?

3. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?

4. For how long did Stalin use officially capital punishment as a way to "clean out" his overcrowded prisons?

5. Which of the following liquids frequently made prisoners in punishment cells drunk?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 233 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample