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

2. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?
(a) Bolts of lightning.
(b) Matches.
(c) Car headlights.
(d) Flashlights.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?

2. How many peasants were members of the TKP?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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