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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) MQOR.
(b) NKVD.
(c) YBKW.
(d) KRSO.

3. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) Life.
(d) 10 years.

4. Which of the following men is described as "the only Russian crazy enough to return without authorization"?
(a) Savinkov.
(b) Gorbechov.
(c) Ratikov.
(d) Putinov.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the typical Gulag prisoner's trial last?

2. Which country did Solzhenitsyn use as an example to show how the Organs justify their existence?

3. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

4. How long was Lozovsky sentenced to serve in Gulag?

5. What did von Meck and Velchinko help Palchinsky do in the early stages of Russian revolution?

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