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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?
(a) It was put back on the market.
(b) It was boarded up.
(c) It was ransacked.
(d) It was burned.

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 ignored them.
(c) He smiled at them.
(d) He shook his fist at them.

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

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

5. What color were the battalions many POWs joined in exchange for food?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Gold.
(d) Blue.

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

7. On what date does the war end in Russia?
(a) May 9.
(b) June 7.
(c) July 4.
(d) April 8.

8. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?
(a) Schiller.
(b) Melville.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Dickens.

9. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Seven years.

10. How did men treat Solzhenitsyn when he was in his uniform during his arrest?
(a) With admiration.
(b) With contempt.
(c) With apathy.
(d) With confusion.

11. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?
(a) Half of them.
(b) None of them.
(c) Only a handful.
(d) All of them.

12. 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.

13. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?
(a) May.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) January.

14. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

15. How long did the typical Gulag prisoner's trial last?
(a) A few hours.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) A few days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following jobs was offered in exchange for food in the Gulag prison systems?

2. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

3. On what charge was Chulpenyev arrested in 1941?

4. Which country did Solzhenitsyn use as an example to show how the Organs justify their existence?

5. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?

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