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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. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A mummy.
(c) A werewolf.
(d) A ghost.

2. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?
(a) The White Army.
(b) The Black Army.
(c) The Blue Army.
(d) The Red Army.

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

4. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?
(a) Three times per month.
(b) Four times per month.
(c) Once per month.
(d) Twice per month.

5. What did Chulpenyev do for a living?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?

2. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?

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

4. How old was Igor Tronko when Solzhenitsyn met him?

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

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