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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. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?
(a) The 1940s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1920s.

2. What was the name of the police force put into power by the government specifically used to arrest prisoners for Gulag?
(a) The Eyes.
(b) The Organs.
(c) The Feet.
(d) The Skins.

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

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

5. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?
(a) Seven years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did prisoners usually cling to the hope that their arrest has been a mistake?

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

3. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?

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

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

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