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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. How were most prisoners transported to the Gulag prisons?
(a) In cars.
(b) On horseback.
(c) By foot.
(d) On trains.

2. On what date does the war end in Russia?
(a) May 9.
(b) July 4.
(c) April 8.
(d) June 7.

3. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Russia.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Communism.

4. What was the name of the prison where Solzhenitsyn was sent after his arrest?
(a) Muscovite.
(b) Isaevich.
(c) Lubyanka.
(d) Archipelago.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following jobs was offered in exchange for food in the Gulag prison systems?

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

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

5. Which hours of the day does Solzhenitsyn claim were the hardest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the organs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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