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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. How many people were in the Gulag camps at any given time during the years it was open?
(a) 10 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 18 million.
(d) 12 million.

2. Which group of soldiers turned on the Russian church, demanding all its money?
(a) The Militia.
(b) The SRs.
(c) The Bolsheviks.
(d) The Turncoats.

3. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years.
(d) Seven years.

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

5. Which of the following means of death was far scarier, and more often an occurrence, to prisoners living in Rostov-on-the-Don in the 1920s?
(a) Being buried alive.
(b) Decapitation.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following methods was NOT used as a way to prevent prisoners from engaging in hunger strikes?

2. How does Solzhenitsyn claim the "mundane matters over which the world squabbles" made him feel while on special convoy?

3. In the years 1945-1946, how many prisoners were dying every day in every camp of Gulag?

4. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?

5. Which of the following preparations was NOT performed before the cattle cars were deemed fit for use for the prisoners?

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