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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?
(a) 89.
(b) 67.
(c) 23.
(d) 45.

2. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?
(a) Car headlights.
(b) Bolts of lightning.
(c) Matches.
(d) Flashlights.

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

4. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?
(a) VTsIK.
(b) ARCEC.
(c) GULAG.
(d) KWyBZ.

5. What did Gendelman do for a living?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On what charge was Chulpenyev arrested in 1941?

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

5. What subject were many of the POWs imprisoned for discussing?

(see the answer key)

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