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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?
(a) It was ransacked.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was boarded up.
(d) It was put back on the market.

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

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

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

5. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?
(a) Silver.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?

2. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?

3. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?

4. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?

5. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

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