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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. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) January.
(d) November.

2. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1918.

4. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?
(a) Humble.
(b) Naive.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Honest.

5. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?
(a) Wealthy Italians.
(b) Leningrad Estonians.
(c) Chinese railway workers.
(d) Exiled Koreans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?

3. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

4. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?

5. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

(see the answer key)

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