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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. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?
(a) Freezing cold cells.
(b) Cells filled with biting ants.
(c) Massive cement cells.
(d) Excruciatingly tiny cells.

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

3. 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 1920s.
(d) The 1950s.

4. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?
(a) 88.
(b) 132.
(c) 375.
(d) 206.

5. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?
(a) Malingerers.
(b) Violent offenders.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Class enemies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

3. What did Lenin call those he wished to suppress under fear of revolt?

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

5. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?

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