Gulag: A History Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why is so little known about punishment chambers today? (from Part 2, Chapter 12: Punishment and Reward—Summary)

Guards did not keep proper record books.

Most prisoners did not survive them.

There is speculation as to whether they existed.

Prisoners refused to speak of the horrors that went on inside them.

2.

Where was Stalin's Soviet Bloc? (from Part 3, Chapter 21: Amnesty–and Afterward—Summary)

Southern Europe.

Western Europe.

Northern Europe.

Eastern Europe.

3.

Which of the following groups of people was not specifically charged with anti-Stalin behavior in the 1960s? (from Part 3, Chapter 26: The Era of the Dissidents—Summary)

Poets.

Teachers.

Writers.

Artists.

4.

Once prisoners in Steplag had power over the camp, which of the following best describes their daily life? (from Part 3, Chapter 24: The Zeks' Revolution—Summary)

Organized.

Calm.

Chaotic.

Dangerous.

5.

How does the Russian public generally feel about the Gulag prison camps? (from Epilogue: Memory—Summary)

They are confused by them.

They feel great guilt.

They are unaware of them.

They are proud of them.

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