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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 adjectives does NOT describe Solzhenitsyn's attitude during his interrogation?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Honest.
(c) Naive.
(d) Humble.

2. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?
(a) They were mocked.
(b) They were ignored.
(c) They were honored.
(d) They were beaten.

3. Which of the following authors did Solzhenitsyn NOT quote as writing about evil in the world?
(a) Schiller.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Melville.

4. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?
(a) Four days.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four hours.

5. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?
(a) Wealthy Italians.
(b) Exiled Koreans.
(c) Chinese railway workers.
(d) Leningrad Estonians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Solzhenitsyn when he was finally arrested?

2. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?

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

4. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?

5. How old was Igor Tronko when Solzhenitsyn met him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How long did trials at the height of Gulag last for civilian prisoners?

5. Who was Igor Tronko?

6. What was the hygienic purge?

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

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

9. Where 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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