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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. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

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

3. 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.

4. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. What position did Solzhenitsyn hold in the Russian army before his arrest?
(a) Commander.
(b) Chief.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?

2. What was the name of the political party put into place by the tsar?

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

4. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?

5. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?

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