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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. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Four days.
(d) Four months.

2. How many compartments were in a typical passenger car headed out to exile?
(a) 13.
(b) 23.
(c) 9.
(d) 17.

3. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1918.

4. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 40 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position did Solzhenitsyn hold in the Russian army before his arrest?

3. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?

4. During the new era of executions, how many men were killed in the first 16 months?

5. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?

(see the answer key)

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