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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 is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?
(a) American.
(b) Polish.
(c) French.
(d) German.

2. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?
(a) His notebooks.
(b) His pamphlets.
(c) His photographs.
(d) His handgun.

3. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?
(a) Sitting down and thinking about their ruined lives.
(b) Jumping out of bed when the bell rang.
(c) Making their beds.
(d) Eating a meager breakfast of gruel.

4. After lunch, how long were prisoners allowed to rest before returning to work?
(a) They were not allowed to rest.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Three hours.
(d) One hour.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?

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

3. How long was the standard Stalin imprisonment in Gulag?

4. What did relatives furiously try to pack when their family members were arrested?

5. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?

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