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

2. Which of the following forms of torture were NOT common practice during interrogations?
(a) Dipping prisoners' feet in boiling water.
(b) Stifling prisoners in airtight cells.
(c) Withholding food and water from prisoners.
(d) Burning prisoners with cigarettes.

3. In 1963, how many judges were brought before the Supreme Court to defend their actions at Gulag?
(a) 50.
(b) 60.
(c) 70.
(d) 40.

4. How long was Lozovsky sentenced to serve in Gulag?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 27 years.
(d) Life.

5. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?
(a) 1945-1946.
(b) 1952-1953.
(c) 1940-1941.
(d) 1949-1950.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following armies was both Solzhenitsyn and Tronko prepared to join in 1941?

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

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

5. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Igor Tronko?

8. What was the hygienic purge?

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

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

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