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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. What type of prison cells were prisoners kept in during their interrogation process?
(a) Freezing cold cells.
(b) Cells filled with biting ants.
(c) Massive cement cells.
(d) Excruciatingly tiny cells.

2. Which of the following items was used to gag a prisoner in Gulag before he was executed?
(a) A rubber ball.
(b) His socks.
(c) A clod of dirt.
(d) A potato.

3. What did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?
(a) To do evil, people must ignore pain.
(b) To do evil, people must search for justice in an unjust world.
(c) To do evil, people must justify their actions.
(d) To do evil, people must disregard humanity.

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

5. What did Lenin secretly enjoy framing intelligentsia as before shipping them off to Gulag?
(a) Spies.
(b) Thieves.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Arsonists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?

2. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?

3. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?

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

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

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