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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. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?
(a) 1940-1941.
(b) 1952-1953.
(c) 1949-1950.
(d) 1945-1946.

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

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

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

5. How long did prisoners usually cling to the hope that their arrest has been a mistake?
(a) For one week.
(b) For one day.
(c) For one month.
(d) For one year.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

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

3. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

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

5. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

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