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

2. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?
(a) His notebooks.
(b) His photographs.
(c) His pamphlets.
(d) His handgun.

3. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1927.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

2. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?

3. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?

4. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?

5. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?

(see the answer key)

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