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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. Which of the following forms of torture were NOT common practice during interrogations?
(a) Burning prisoners with cigarettes.
(b) Stifling prisoners in airtight cells.
(c) Dipping prisoners' feet in boiling water.
(d) Withholding food and water from prisoners.

2. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1945.

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

4. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

5. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?
(a) Cells filled with biting ants.
(b) Freezing cold cells.
(c) Excruciatingly tiny cells.
(d) Massive cement cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?

2. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?

3. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?

4. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?

5. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?

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