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

2. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?
(a) Read a magazine.
(b) Cook lunch for fellow prisoners.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Play chess with friends.

3. How long did the typical Gulag prisoner's trial last?
(a) A few hours.
(b) A few days.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) A few weeks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

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

4. What did prisoners say was the common sentence for doing nothing?

5. On what date does the war end in Russia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What made the first two hours of the day the most difficult for Solzhenitsyn?

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

5. What happened to Solzhenitsyn during his third year of University study at the NKVD?

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

7. What was the Voikov draft?

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

9. What was the Cadet Party?

10. What happened in the Gulag prison camps in 1945-1946?

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