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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?
(a) Putin.
(b) Cherkov.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Voikov.

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

3. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?
(a) They were honored.
(b) They were ignored.
(c) They were mocked.
(d) They were beaten.

4. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

5. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?
(a) Only a handful.
(b) None of them.
(c) Half of them.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did prisoners usually cling to the hope that their arrest has been a mistake?

2. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?

3. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

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

5. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?

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