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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. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) On horseback.
(b) In cars.
(c) By foot.
(d) On trains.

3. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?
(a) It was burned.
(b) It was put back on the market.
(c) It was ransacked.
(d) It was boarded up.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

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

3. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?

4. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?

5. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?

(see the answer key)

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