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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 country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?
(a) Persia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Russia.

2. Which of the following food items was frequently served to the prisoners for lunch?
(a) Bread.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Soup.

3. On what charge was Chulpenyev arrested in 1941?
(a) Murder.
(b) Deceit.
(c) Defamation.
(d) Theft.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did the Russian government kill and imprison its people, according to Solzhenitsyn?

4. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?

5. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why couldn't interrogators be trusted to uphold the law?

9. What was the hygienic purge?

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

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