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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When capital punishment was abolished, what was the only court system allowed to sentence defendants to death?
(a) Divorce court.
(b) Judicial court.
(c) Military court.
(d) Supreme court.

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

3. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1925.

4. How long did prisoners usually cling to the hope that their arrest has been a mistake?
(a) For one day.
(b) For one year.
(c) For one month.
(d) For one week.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After lunch, how long were prisoners allowed to rest before returning to work?

3. Who were Zeks?

4. How does Solzhenitsyn title the final chapter of his memoir?

5. Which of the following methods was NOT one prisoners used to try to figure out where they were going when being sent into exile?

(see the answer key)

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