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

2. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) KRSO.
(b) NKVD.
(c) MQOR.
(d) YBKW.

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

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?
(a) Tall.
(b) Short.
(c) Thin.
(d) Fat.

5. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?
(a) His notebooks.
(b) His handgun.
(c) His photographs.
(d) His pamphlets.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the war end in Russia?

2. What was the name given to the guard who was in charge of waking the prisoners up in the morning?

3. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?

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

5. How long was the standard Stalin imprisonment in Gulag?

(see the answer key)

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