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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Four months.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Four days.

2. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?
(a) Melville.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Schiller.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) October.
(d) July.

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

5. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?
(a) The spending purge.
(b) The necessary purge.
(c) The hygienic purge.
(d) The gastronomical purge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?

2. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?

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

4. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?

5. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?

(see the answer key)

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