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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 month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?
(a) January.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) May.

2. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?
(a) American.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Polish.

3. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

5. What did Lenin call those he wished to suppress under fear of revolt?
(a) Animals.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Insects.
(d) Pests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?

2. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

3. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?

4. How many peasants were members of the TKP?

5. What was the name of the police force put into power by the government specifically used to arrest prisoners for Gulag?

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