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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) In cars.
(b) On trains.
(c) On horseback.
(d) By foot.

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

3. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Voikov.
(c) Putin.
(d) Cherkov.

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

5. What color were the patches worn on the shoulders of the Russian soldiers?
(a) Silver.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

7. Which country is the Russian army retreating from in 1941?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) China.
(d) France.

8. In 1963, how many judges were brought before the Supreme Court to defend their actions at Gulag?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 70.

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

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

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

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

13. How many procedures did Solzhenitsyn undergo before finally being sentenced?
(a) 132.
(b) 375.
(c) 88.
(d) 206.

14. 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.

15. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?
(a) Matches.
(b) Flashlights.
(c) Car headlights.
(d) Bolts of lightning.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

2. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?

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

4. What subject were many of the POWs imprisoned for discussing?

5. In what year did the Soviets ransack the churches in Russia, claiming victory?

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