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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?

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

4. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?

5. How did men treat Solzhenitsyn when he was in his uniform during his arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why couldn't interrogators be trusted to uphold the law?

2. What freedoms did Solzhenitsyn experience during his first stay in the Gulag prison system?

3. How does Solzhenitsyn define evil?

4. What was the Voikov draft?

5. What significant event happened on Russian soil in the autumn of 1941?

6. What happened in the Gulag prison camps in 1945-1946?

7. What was the Cadet Party?

8. While imprisoned, what did Solzhenitsyn feel about his Motherland?

9. In what ways did interrogators try to intimidate prisoners in the early 1920s?

10. How did families typically react when they saw a family member arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The years 1937-1938 were considered the "Great Terror" years in Russia. Describe how life changed for the prisoners in the work camps during this era. Explain how Stalin used these two years to promote his own political agenda. What effect did this time have on Stalin's popularity within Russia?

Essay Topic 2

In his memoir, Solzhenitsyn gives very specific descriptions about the soldiers who were a part of the mass arrests leading to the overflow of prisoners in Gulag. What types of men were typically arresting soldiers during this time? What was specific about the arresting soldiers' uniforms? What does Solzhenitsyn remember most about the guards who arrested him?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the Gulag prison system, there was a vast organization of punishments and rewards in regards to the prisoners' productivity on a given day. First, explain how the productivity of prisoners was measured on a given day. Next, explain at least two ways prisoners were rewarded for meeting their work quota and two ways prisoners were punished for falling below the quota.

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