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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only article of clothing prisoners in the punishment cells were allowed to wear?
(a) Underwear.
(b) A shirt.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Trousers.

2. What was the name of the political party put into place by the tsar?
(a) The Soldier Party.
(b) The Cadet Party.
(c) The Leader Party.
(d) The Scout Party.

3. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 11.
(b) Section 15.
(c) Section 17.
(d) Section 13.

4. In what year was capital punishment abolished in the courts?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1930.

5. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?
(a) 23.
(b) 89.
(c) 67.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?

2. Which of the following adjectives does Solzhenitsyn use to describe the powers of execution?

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

4. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?

5. Which of the following methods of transportation was NOT frequently used to send prisoners out to exile?

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