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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 vampire.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A mummy.
(d) A werewolf.

2. What is the section number that Solzhenitsyn signed to, unknowing that this consigned him to hard labor and eternal exile?
(a) Section 11.
(b) Section 13.
(c) Section 17.
(d) Section 15.

3. Which of the following activities was NOT part of the prisoners' morning routine?
(a) Jumping out of bed when the bell rang.
(b) Making their beds.
(c) Sitting down and thinking about their ruined lives.
(d) Eating a meager breakfast of gruel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Igor Tronko?

3. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?

4. After lunch, how long were prisoners allowed to rest before returning to work?

5. During what year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long did trials at the height of Gulag last for civilian prisoners?

2. What was the Section 11 paperwork that Solzhenitsyn signed during his interrogation?

3. What is the typical reaction most prisoners had during the first 24 hours after their arrest and imprisonment in Gulag?

4. How did Chulpenyev react to the charges brought against him in Mongolia in 1941?

5. What was the Cadet Party?

6. How did the prisoners feel about the offer of joining the white battalion?

7. Who were the organs?

8. What reason does Solzhenitsyn give for the mass arrests that were sweeping through Russia during the time of Gulag's height?

9. Why was Solzhenitsyn arrested, and what was his reaction?

10. What was the hygienic purge?

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