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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. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?
(a) To ensure only the high society reproduce.
(b) To punish them for their crimes.
(c) To cleanse their society.
(d) To prevent them from revolting in the future.

2. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) October.
(b) May.
(c) February.
(d) July.

3. For how long did Stalin use officially capital punishment as a way to "clean out" his overcrowded prisons?
(a) Four years.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Four days.
(d) Four months.

4. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Architects.
(d) Plumbers.

5. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?
(a) May.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?

2. What color were the battalions many POWs joined in exchange for food?

3. Which of the following adjectives is NOT used to describe the academic civilians in Russia?

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?

5. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?

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