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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) 2,000,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 20,000.

2. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?
(a) Muscovite.
(b) Isaevich.
(c) Lubyanka.
(d) Archipelago.

3. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?
(a) Class enemies.
(b) Violent offenders.
(c) Malingerers.
(d) Intellectuals.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?

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

3. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?

4. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?

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

(see the answer key)

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