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

2. What subject were many of the POWs imprisoned for discussing?
(a) Revolution.
(b) America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Freedom.

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

4. Which of the following monsters did Solzhenitsyn compare Borsch to when he saw him at the medical hospital in camp?
(a) A vampire.
(b) A werewolf.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A ghost.

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

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

7. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

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. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?
(a) The White Army.
(b) The Blue Army.
(c) The Black Army.
(d) The Red Army.

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

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

12. What is the name Vlasov synonymous with?
(a) Prisoner.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Traitor.

13. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?
(a) Nearly all.
(b) Very few.
(c) About one in three.
(d) More than half.

14. Under the tsar's rule, which of the following types of prisoners did NOT fill the system?
(a) Former officials.
(b) Violent prisoners.
(c) Wealthy prisoners.
(d) Prominent prisoners.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?

3. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?

4. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?

5. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?

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