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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. How long was Chulpenyev held before being sent to the Gulag prison camps?
(a) One year.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) One day.

2. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?
(a) At church.
(b) At a train station.
(c) Asleep in his bed.
(d) At the movie theater.

3. Why wasn't Stalin's body drawn and quartered for the execution of the peasants?
(a) Because no one knew where Stalin was buried.
(b) Because the people begged not to disrupt his body.
(c) Because Stalin had never been found guilty of war crimes.
(d) Because Stalin had divine absolvement of all crimes.

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

5. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?
(a) Lubyanka.
(b) Muscovite.
(c) Isaevich.
(d) Archipelago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?

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

3. What is the name Vlasov synonymous with?

4. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?

5. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?

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