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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. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?
(a) Archipelago.
(b) Muscovite.
(c) Lubyanka.
(d) Isaevich.

2. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?
(a) To cleanse their society.
(b) To punish them for their crimes.
(c) To ensure only the high society reproduce.
(d) To prevent them from revolting in the future.

3. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?
(a) 89.
(b) 67.
(c) 23.
(d) 45.

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

5. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?
(a) Life.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 25 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument did Stalin give to have the abolishment of capital punishment overturned?

2. Which of the following methods was NOT used as a way to prevent prisoners from engaging in hunger strikes?

3. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?

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

5. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

(see the answer key)

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