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

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

3. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?
(a) Read a magazine.
(b) Cook lunch for fellow prisoners.
(c) Play chess with friends.
(d) Go for a walk.

4. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?
(a) The hygienic purge.
(b) The gastronomical purge.
(c) The necessary purge.
(d) The spending purge.

5. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1920s.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?
(a) Life.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 25 years.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?

2. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?

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

4. What did Lenin call those he wished to suppress under fear of revolt?

5. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?

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