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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. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) YBKW.
(b) KRSO.
(c) MQOR.
(d) NKVD.

2. How old was Solzhenitsyn when he used to listen to the "boring, pallid daily records" of the trials?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 42.
(d) 32.

3. Which country is the Russian army retreating from in 1941?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) China.
(d) France.

4. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?
(a) His photographs.
(b) His notebooks.
(c) His handgun.
(d) His pamphlets.

5. Which of the following bunks were considered the best bunks to have in the summer?
(a) Bunks on the sides of the car.
(b) Bunks at the bottom of the car.
(c) Bunks in the middle of the car.
(d) Bunks at the top of the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

2. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?

3. Which of the following men is described as "the only Russian crazy enough to return without authorization"?

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

5. Which of the following camps was known for having ancient, leaking toilets?

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