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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. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?
(a) Captain Viktor Abakumov
(b) Feliks Dzerzhinsky.
(c) Colonel Mariyushkin.
(d) Nikolai Krylenko.

2. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?
(a) In the Middle East.
(b) In Germany.
(c) In America.
(d) In Russia.

3. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?
(a) Every hour was equally terrible.
(b) The last two hours.
(c) The first two hours.
(d) The two middle hours.

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

5. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?
(a) The Blue Army.
(b) The Black Army.
(c) The White Army.
(d) The Red Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?

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

3. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?

4. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?

5. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?

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