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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Solzhenitsyn meet Igor Tronko?
(a) Kolyma.
(b) Cheka.
(c) Butyrki.
(d) Lubyanka.

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

4. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 13.
(b) Section 15.
(c) Section 11.
(d) Section 17.

5. 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) All of them.
(d) Only a handful.

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

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

8. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?
(a) Wealthy Italians.
(b) Chinese railway workers.
(c) Leningrad Estonians.
(d) Exiled Koreans.

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

10. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1921.

11. Which country did Solzhenitsyn use as an example to show how the Organs justify their existence?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Romania.

12. How long was Lozovsky sentenced to serve in Gulag?
(a) Life.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 13 years.

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

14. What did Chulpenyev do for a living?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a soldier.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a doctor.

15. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?
(a) Twice per month.
(b) Three times per month.
(c) Four times per month.
(d) Once per month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did relatives furiously try to pack when their family members were arrested?

2. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

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

4. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?

5. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?

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