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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms is used to describe show trials?
(a) Heavenly trials.
(b) Pontoon trials.
(c) Conflictless trials.
(d) Emancipated trials.

2. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?
(a) Half of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) Only a handful.
(d) None of them.

3. How old was Solzhenitsyn when he used to listen to the "boring, pallid daily records" of the trials?
(a) 22.
(b) 32.
(c) 42.
(d) 12.

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?
(a) Tall.
(b) Thin.
(c) Fat.
(d) Short.

5. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?
(a) They were ignored.
(b) They were beaten.
(c) They were honored.
(d) They were mocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?

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

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

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

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

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