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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?
(a) 1949-1950.
(b) 1945-1946.
(c) 1952-1953.
(d) 1940-1941.

2. Which of the following forms of torture were NOT common practice during interrogations?
(a) Withholding food and water from prisoners.
(b) Stifling prisoners in airtight cells.
(c) Dipping prisoners' feet in boiling water.
(d) Burning prisoners with cigarettes.

3. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?
(a) Massive cement cells.
(b) Cells filled with biting ants.
(c) Excruciatingly tiny cells.
(d) Freezing cold cells.

4. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?
(a) 206.
(b) 88.
(c) 375.
(d) 132.

5. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?
(a) Leningrad Estonians.
(b) Chinese railway workers.
(c) Exiled Koreans.
(d) Wealthy Italians.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?

2. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

3. What did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?

4. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?

5. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

(see the answer key)

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