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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?
(a) Blue.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) Silver.

2. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 15.
(b) Section 17.
(c) Section 13.
(d) Section 11.

3. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) By foot.
(b) On trains.
(c) In cars.
(d) On horseback.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?

3. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?

4. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?

5. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?

(see the answer key)

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