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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following methods was NOT used as a way to prevent prisoners from engaging in hunger strikes?
(a) Water hosing.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Force feedings.
(d) Beatings.

2. Which of the following camps was known for having bricked-over windows?
(a) Vologda.
(b) Usman.
(c) Irkutsk.
(d) Novosibirsk.

3. What did relatives furiously try to pack when their family members were arrested?
(a) Legal documents.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Blankets and pillows.

4. How long did Solzhenitsyn spend in cell 75 before gradually moving his way to a window cell?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two decades.
(d) Two weeks.

5. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?
(a) Bread.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Soup.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?

4. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?

5. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?

(see the answer key)

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