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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. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?
(a) To prevent them from revolting in the future.
(b) To ensure only the high society reproduce.
(c) To cleanse their society.
(d) To punish them for their crimes.

2. What subject were many of the POWs imprisoned for discussing?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Europe.
(c) Revolution.
(d) America.

3. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Three years.

4. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1940s.

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 boarded up.
(d) It was ransacked.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?

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

4. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?

5. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?

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