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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. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

2. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?
(a) Voikov.
(b) Putin.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Cherkov.

3. Which of the following items was used to gag a prisoner in Gulag before he was executed?
(a) His socks.
(b) A rubber ball.
(c) A clod of dirt.
(d) A potato.

4. What was the name given to the guard who was in charge of waking the prisoners up in the morning?
(a) The turnkey.
(b) The doorknock.
(c) The breaksleep.
(d) The alarmsound.

5. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?
(a) KWyBZ.
(b) GULAG.
(c) ARCEC.
(d) VTsIK.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?

2. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?

3. Which group of soldiers turned on the Russian church, demanding all its money?

4. In 1963, how many judges were brought before the Supreme Court to defend their actions at Gulag?

5. On what date does the war end in Russia?

(see the answer key)

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