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

2. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?
(a) Eating a meager breakfast of gruel.
(b) Sitting down and thinking about their ruined lives.
(c) Making their beds.
(d) Jumping out of bed when the bell rang.

3. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?
(a) 88.
(b) 375.
(c) 206.
(d) 132.

4. What was the name given to the guard who was in charge of waking the prisoners up in the morning?
(a) The breaksleep.
(b) The doorknock.
(c) The turnkey.
(d) The alarmsound.

5. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?
(a) It was put back on the market.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was ransacked.
(d) It was boarded up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?

3. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?

4. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?

5. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?

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