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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?
(a) Humble.
(b) Honest.
(c) Naive.
(d) Afraid.

2. Which country is the Russian army retreating from in 1941?
(a) England.
(b) China.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

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

4. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) NKVD.
(b) MQOR.
(c) YBKW.
(d) KRSO.

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

6. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?
(a) Putin.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Cherkov.
(d) Voikov.

7. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?
(a) Asleep in his bed.
(b) At a train station.
(c) At the movie theater.
(d) At church.

8. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?
(a) Four months.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Four days.
(d) Four weeks.

9. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Silver.
(d) Purple.

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

11. How long was the standard Stalin imprisonment in Gulag?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 25 years.

12. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?
(a) Four months.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Four weeks.

13. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

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

15. How many hours a day does Solzhenitsyn claim were of no note?
(a) 24 hours a day.
(b) 8 hours a day.
(c) 12 hours a day.
(d) 16 hours a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Lozovsky sentenced to serve in Gulag?

2. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?

3. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

4. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?

5. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?

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