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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?
(a) KWyBZ.
(b) GULAG.
(c) ARCEC.
(d) VTsIK.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words was prison slang for execution?

2. In 1963, how many judges were brought before the Supreme Court to defend their actions at Gulag?

3. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?

4. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?

5. Which of the following intangible items did Lenin legalize in 1922?

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