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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 is NOT a way that prisoners died while being transported from prison to prison on foot?
(a) They got dysentery from drinking swamp water.
(b) They died from dehydration.
(c) They were shot for walking too slowly.
(d) They were attacked by dogs.

2. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. Which of the following methods of transportation was NOT frequently used to send prisoners out to exile?
(a) Foot marches.
(b) Boats.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Horse carts.

4. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) On trains.
(b) By foot.
(c) In cars.
(d) On horseback.

5. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?
(a) Death.
(b) Muzzling.
(c) A tenner.
(d) Hard labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were in the Gulag camps at any given time during the years it was open?

2. How long were e the leisurely walks Solzhenitsyn was allowed to take each morning that he was in prison?

3. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?

4. How old was Solzhenitsyn when he used to listen to the "boring, pallid daily records" of the trials?

5. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?

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