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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 acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) YBKW.
(b) KRSO.
(c) MQOR.
(d) NKVD.

2. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1920s.

3. How many hours a day does Solzhenitsyn claim were of no note?
(a) 12 hours a day.
(b) 24 hours a day.
(c) 8 hours a day.
(d) 16 hours a day.

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

5. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?
(a) The necessary purge.
(b) The spending purge.
(c) The gastronomical purge.
(d) The hygienic purge.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the war end in Russia?

2. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?

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

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

5. What did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?

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