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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 ghost.
(b) A mummy.
(c) A vampire.
(d) A werewolf.

2. How long did most men survive in the Gulag prison systems before being executed?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

3. What color were the battalions many POWs joined in exchange for food?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

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

5. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?
(a) None of them.
(b) Half of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Only a handful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the hygienic purge?

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

3. How does Solzhenitsyn define evil?

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

5. What happened in the 1960s when 70 judges were brought before the Supreme Court to justify their actions in the Gulag trials?

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

7. What significant event happened on Russian soil in the autumn of 1941?

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

9. What was the Cadet Party?

10. Who were the organs?

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