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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many peasants were members of the TKP?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 200,000.

2. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?
(a) Very few.
(b) Nearly all.
(c) More than half.
(d) About one in three.

3. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 15.
(b) Section 11.
(c) Section 17.
(d) Section 13.

4. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the political party put into place by the tsar?

3. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?

4. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?

5. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?

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