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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. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?
(a) Ignoring justice.
(b) Bribing judges.
(c) Torturing witnesses.
(d) Tampering with evidence.

2. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A vampire.

3. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?
(a) The gastronomical purge.
(b) The necessary purge.
(c) The hygienic purge.
(d) The spending purge.

4. Which of the following intangible items did Lenin legalize in 1922?
(a) Terror.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Faith.
(d) Hope.

5. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Persia.
(d) Bulgaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject were many of the POWs imprisoned for discussing?

2. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?

3. Where did the first hunger strike in Gulag take place?

4. How old was Igor Tronko when Solzhenitsyn met him?

5. Which of the following foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?

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