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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 many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

2. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?
(a) He shook his fist at them.
(b) He smiled at them.
(c) He ignored them.
(d) He spit at them.

3. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?
(a) Feliks Dzerzhinsky.
(b) Captain Viktor Abakumov
(c) Nikolai Krylenko.
(d) Colonel Mariyushkin.

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

5. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?
(a) They were honored.
(b) They were mocked.
(c) They were beaten.
(d) They were ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?

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

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

4. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?

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

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