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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Igor Tronko when Solzhenitsyn met him?
(a) Younger than Solzhenitsyn.
(b) Older than Solzhenitsyn.
(c) The same age as Solzhenitsyn.
(d) Solzhenitsyn cannot tell how old Tronko is.

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

4. How long did prisoners usually cling to the hope that their arrest has been a mistake?
(a) For one year.
(b) For one month.
(c) For one day.
(d) For one week.

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

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

7. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?
(a) Class enemies.
(b) Intellectuals.
(c) Malingerers.
(d) Violent offenders.

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

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

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

11. How long was the standard Stalin imprisonment in Gulag?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 5 years.

12. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?
(a) November.
(b) May.
(c) August.
(d) January.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?

2. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?

3. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?

4. What was the typical punishment for a Russian POW?

5. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

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