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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. 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 justify their actions.
(c) To do evil, people must disregard humanity.
(d) To do evil, people must ignore pain.

2. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?
(a) They were mocked.
(b) They were ignored.
(c) They were beaten.
(d) They were honored.

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

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

5. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn arrested?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) October.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Solzhenitsyn hold in the Russian army before his arrest?

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

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

4. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?

5. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the prisoners of Gulag know that WWII had ended in Russia?

2. Who was Igor Tronko?

3. In what ways did interrogators try to intimidate prisoners in the early 1920s?

4. Who were the organs?

5. What happened in the military case of Mongolia in 1941?

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

7. While imprisoned, what did Solzhenitsyn feel about his Motherland?

8. Why couldn't interrogators be trusted to uphold the law?

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

10. What freedoms did Solzhenitsyn experience during his first stay in the Gulag prison system?

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