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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 did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) Life.
(d) 10 years.

2. Under the tsar's rule, which of the following types of prisoners did NOT fill the system?
(a) Violent prisoners.
(b) Wealthy prisoners.
(c) Former officials.
(d) Prominent prisoners.

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

4. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Plumbers.
(d) Architects.

5. How many defendants were a part of the first show trial in Russian history?
(a) 53.
(b) 47.
(c) 33.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?

2. How long was Lozovsky sentenced to serve in Gulag?

3. Which of the following men is described as "the only Russian crazy enough to return without authorization"?

4. Where did Solzhenitsyn meet Igor Tronko?

5. What did relatives furiously try to pack when their family members were arrested?

(see the answer key)

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