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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) On horseback.
(b) In cars.
(c) On trains.
(d) By foot.

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

3. 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.

4. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 11.
(b) Section 13.
(c) Section 17.
(d) Section 15.

5. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?
(a) 67.
(b) 45.
(c) 89.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?

2. What was the name of the police force put into power by the government specifically used to arrest prisoners for Gulag?

3. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

4. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?

5. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?

(see the answer key)

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