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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does Solzhenitsyn use to describe the powers of execution?
(a) Elevating.
(b) Eerie.
(c) Corroding.
(d) Hypnotic.

2. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?
(a) Melville.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Schiller.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?
(a) His handgun.
(b) His notebooks.
(c) His pamphlets.
(d) His photographs.

4. After lunch, how long were prisoners allowed to rest before returning to work?
(a) One hour.
(b) They were not allowed to rest.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two hours.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During which decade did prisoners rarely have food due to a food shortage all across Russia?

2. Which of the following jobs was offered in exchange for food in the Gulag prison systems?

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

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

5. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

(see the answer key)

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