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

2. Which country is the Russian army retreating from in 1941?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) China.

3. What is the name of the assassinated Soviet ambassador who had a draft named after him?
(a) Putin.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Cherkov.
(d) Voikov.

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

5. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1920s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day does Solzhenitsyn claim were of no note?

2. Which of the following forms of torture were NOT common practice during interrogations?

3. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?

4. How many former POWs was Solzhenitsyn celled with during his first arrest?

5. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Solzhenitsyn feel about prison during the first few days he spends there?

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

5. How did families typically react when they saw a family member arrested?

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

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

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

9. What was the Voikov draft?

10. What was the hygienic purge?

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