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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Cheese.

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?
(a) Thin.
(b) Short.
(c) Fat.
(d) Tall.

3. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?
(a) Nikolai Krylenko.
(b) Feliks Dzerzhinsky.
(c) Captain Viktor Abakumov
(d) Colonel Mariyushkin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?

3. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?

4. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?

5. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?

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