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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who was Captain Borsch's partner?
(a) Captain Viktor Abakumov
(b) Nikolai Krylenko.
(c) Feliks Dzerzhinsky.
(d) Colonel Mariyushkin.

6. What did Solzhenitsyn claim is true about evil in the world?
(a) To do evil, people must search for justice in an unjust world.
(b) To do evil, people must ignore pain.
(c) To do evil, people must justify their actions.
(d) To do evil, people must disregard humanity.

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

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

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

10. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?
(a) Four days.
(b) Four months.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Four weeks.

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

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

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

14. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?
(a) Courage.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Peace.
(d) Wealth.

15. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?
(a) To cleanse their society.
(b) To prevent them from revolting in the future.
(c) To punish them for their crimes.
(d) To ensure only the high society reproduce.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

2. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?

3. What was the name of the political party put into place by the tsar?

4. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?

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

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