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

2. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

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

4. Under the tsar's rule, which of the following types of prisoners did NOT fill the system?
(a) Violent prisoners.
(b) Prominent prisoners.
(c) Wealthy prisoners.
(d) Former officials.

5. What did relatives furiously try to pack when their family members were arrested?
(a) Blankets and pillows.
(b) Food.
(c) Legal documents.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following forms of torture were NOT common practice during interrogations?

4. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?

5. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?

(see the answer key)

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