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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. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?
(a) Courage.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Peace.

2. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) On trains.
(b) In cars.
(c) On horseback.
(d) By foot.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

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

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

4. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?

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

(see the answer key)

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