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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. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?
(a) It was burned.
(b) It was put back on the market.
(c) It was ransacked.
(d) It was boarded up.

2. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?
(a) Four months.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Four weeks.

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

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

5. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?
(a) He ignored them.
(b) He shook his fist at them.
(c) He smiled at them.
(d) He spit at them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

2. How long was the standard Stalin imprisonment in Gulag?

3. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?

4. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?

5. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?

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