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

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

3. Why did Lozovsky ask to be shot during Chulpenyev's trial?
(a) To show his innocence.
(b) To show his patriotism.
(c) To show his bravery.
(d) To show his love.

4. In what year did the new era of executions start in the Gulag prison systems?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1935.

5. What did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?
(a) To do evil, people must justify their actions.
(b) To do evil, people must disregard humanity.
(c) To do evil, people must search for justice in an unjust world.
(d) To do evil, people must ignore pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?

2. Which country is the Russian army retreating from in 1941?

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

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

5. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?

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