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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 is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 17.
(b) Section 13.
(c) Section 15.
(d) Section 11.

2. Which of the following methods of transportation was NOT frequently used to send prisoners out to exile?
(a) Boats.
(b) Foot marches.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Horse carts.

3. What is another word for archipelago?
(a) Force.
(b) Camp.
(c) Chain.
(d) Terror.

4. Which of the following terms did the Gulag soldier use to describe the prisoners who partook in hunger strikes?
(a) Tramps.
(b) Riffraff.
(c) Bums.
(d) Dead men.

5. How long did the typical Gulag prisoner's trial last?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) A few hours.
(d) A few weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?

2. Who famously uttered the words, "Intelligentsia are not the nation's brains, but their excrement"?

3. After Krylenko's trial, how many men were spared death by execution?

4. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?

5. Which of the following items is NOT something Solzhenitsyn says prisoners were discouraged from taking to the camps with them?

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