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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. What did Lenin call those he wished to suppress under fear of revolt?
(a) Animals.
(b) Pests.
(c) Insects.
(d) Rodents.

2. Which of the following forms of torture were NOT common practice during interrogations?
(a) Withholding food and water from prisoners.
(b) Stifling prisoners in airtight cells.
(c) Dipping prisoners' feet in boiling water.
(d) Burning prisoners with cigarettes.

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

4. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 15.
(b) Section 11.
(c) Section 13.
(d) Section 17.

5. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?
(a) He ignored them.
(b) He shook his fist at them.
(c) He smiled at them.
(d) He spit at them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

2. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

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

4. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

5. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?

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