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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 food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Soup.
(c) Bread.
(d) Cheese.

2. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?
(a) To prevent them from revolting in the future.
(b) To cleanse their society.
(c) To ensure only the high society reproduce.
(d) To punish them for their crimes.

3. What position did Solzhenitsyn hold in the Russian army before his arrest?
(a) Officer.
(b) Chief.
(c) Commander.
(d) Lieutenant.

4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?
(a) Thin.
(b) Fat.
(c) Tall.
(d) Short.

5. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) On horseback.
(b) In cars.
(c) On trains.
(d) By foot.

6. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?
(a) The first two hours.
(b) The last two hours.
(c) The two middle hours.
(d) Every hour was equally terrible.

7. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?
(a) Poland.
(b) Russia.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Persia.

8. How old was Igor Tronko when Solzhenitsyn met him?
(a) The same age as Solzhenitsyn.
(b) Solzhenitsyn cannot tell how old Tronko is.
(c) Older than Solzhenitsyn.
(d) Younger than Solzhenitsyn.

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

10. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?
(a) Colonel Mariyushkin.
(b) Captain Viktor Abakumov
(c) Nikolai Krylenko.
(d) Feliks Dzerzhinsky.

11. Which of the following jobs was offered in exchange for food in the Gulag prison systems?
(a) Construction work.
(b) Health services.
(c) Body burial.
(d) Food production.

12. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?
(a) In America.
(b) In the Middle East.
(c) In Russia.
(d) In Germany.

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

14. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?
(a) Muscovite.
(b) Isaevich.
(c) Archipelago.
(d) Lubyanka.

15. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?
(a) Communism.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Russia.
(d) Lenin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?

2. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

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

4. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?

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

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