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

2. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?
(a) His handgun.
(b) His pamphlets.
(c) His notebooks.
(d) His photographs.

3. Which of the following statements best describes Solzhenitsyn's attitude toward being in prison?
(a) Prison was mind numbing pain.
(b) Prison was the turning point in his life.
(c) Prison was an abyss.
(d) Prison was a blank slate with no chalk.

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

5. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?
(a) At the movie theater.
(b) Asleep in his bed.
(c) At church.
(d) At a train station.

6. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four weeks.

7. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?
(a) KRSO.
(b) YBKW.
(c) NKVD.
(d) MQOR.

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

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

10. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?
(a) Hard labor.
(b) Muzzling.
(c) A tenner.
(d) Death.

11. 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 Germany.
(d) In Russia.

12. What was the name of the police force put into power by the government specifically used to arrest prisoners for Gulag?
(a) The Skins.
(b) The Eyes.
(c) The Feet.
(d) The Organs.

13. 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 punish them for their crimes.
(d) To ensure only the high society reproduce.

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

15. On what charge was Chulpenyev arrested in 1941?
(a) Theft.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Defamation.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?

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

3. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

4. How long was the standard Stalin imprisonment in Gulag?

5. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?

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