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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 long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 50 years.

2. What did Lenin secretly enjoy framing intelligentsia as before shipping them off to Gulag?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Arsonists.
(c) Spies.
(d) Murderers.

3. Which of the following jobs was offered in exchange for food in the Gulag prison systems?
(a) Body burial.
(b) Food production.
(c) Health services.
(d) Construction work.

4. What color were the battalions many POWs joined in exchange for food?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gold.

5. 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 alarmsound.
(d) The breaksleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?

2. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?

3. What did it mean to be "politically illiterate"?

4. In what year was capital punishment abolished in the courts?

5. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?

(see the answer key)

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