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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. Which of the following actions is the Central Executive Committee of the Russian government NOT allowed to do?
(a) Give prisoners lighter sentences.
(b) Execute prisoners.
(c) Pardon prisoners.
(d) Send prisoners to punishment camps.

2. What did it mean to be "politically illiterate"?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Anti-Soviet.
(c) Unable to defend oneself in court.
(d) Pro-torture.

3. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?
(a) Prison was the turning point in his life.
(b) Prison was a blank slate with no chalk.
(c) Prison was mind numbing pain.
(d) Prison was an abyss.

4. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?
(a) 88.
(b) 132.
(c) 375.
(d) 206.

5. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Krylenko's trial, how many men were spared death by execution?

2. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?

3. In what year did the new era of executions start in the Gulag prison systems?

4. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?

5. How long was Chulpenyev held before being sent to the Gulag prison camps?

(see the answer key)

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