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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following men is described as "the only Russian crazy enough to return without authorization"?
(a) Savinkov.
(b) Ratikov.
(c) Putinov.
(d) Gorbechov.

4. What did von Meck and Velchinko help Palchinsky do in the early stages of Russian revolution?
(a) Set prisoners free.
(b) Feed starving prisoners.
(c) Torture prisoners.
(d) Capture escaped prisoners.

5. How long was Lozovsky sentenced to serve in Gulag?
(a) Life.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 27 years.
(d) 13 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms is used to describe show trials?

2. How old was Solzhenitsyn when he used to listen to the "boring, pallid daily records" of the trials?

3. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?

4. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?

5. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

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