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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. What did Gulag prisoners steal from unsuspecting guards in the revolt of 1952?
(a) Their uniforms.
(b) Their guns.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their shoes.

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

3. What is the name Vlasov synonymous with?
(a) Prisoner.
(b) Traitor.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Soldier.

4. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?
(a) Peace.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Courage.
(d) Heaven.

5. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?
(a) Honest.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Humble.
(d) Naive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following intangible items did Lenin legalize in 1922?

2. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?

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

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

5. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?

(see the answer key)

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