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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms did the Gulag soldier use to describe the prisoners who partook in hunger strikes?
(a) Tramps.
(b) Dead men.
(c) Bums.
(d) Riffraff.

2. Who were Zeks?
(a) Guards.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Prisoners.

3. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Voikov.
(c) Putin.
(d) Cherkov.

4. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?
(a) Prison was the turning point in his life.
(b) Prison was an abyss.
(c) Prison was mind numbing pain.
(d) Prison was a blank slate with no chalk.

5. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Poland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Persia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?

2. Which of the following liquids frequently made prisoners in punishment cells drunk?

3. In 1963, how many judges were brought before the Supreme Court to defend their actions at Gulag?

4. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?

5. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?

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