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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. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four hours.

2. 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.

3. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?
(a) Courage.
(b) Peace.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Heaven.

4. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Russia.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Communism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

2. How did men treat Solzhenitsyn when he was in his uniform during his arrest?

3. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?

4. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

5. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

(see the answer key)

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