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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many peasants were members of the TKP?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

2. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?
(a) 45.
(b) 89.
(c) 23.
(d) 67.

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

4. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Silver.

5. Which of the following jobs was offered in exchange for food in the Gulag prison systems?
(a) Body burial.
(b) Health services.
(c) Construction work.
(d) Food production.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?

3. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?

4. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?

5. What subject were many of the POWs imprisoned for discussing?

(see the answer key)

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