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

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

3. What did Lenin call those he wished to suppress under fear of revolt?
(a) Pests.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Insects.
(d) Animals.

4. What did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?
(a) To do evil, people must ignore pain.
(b) To do evil, people must search for justice in an unjust world.
(c) To do evil, people must disregard humanity.
(d) To do evil, people must justify their actions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?

2. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

3. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?

5. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?

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