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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 long did the typical Gulag prisoner's trial last?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) A few hours.

2. Which of the following actions did Solzhenitsyn do trying to infuriate those who took joy in his arrest?
(a) He smiled at them.
(b) He ignored them.
(c) He spit at them.
(d) He shook his fist at them.

3. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?
(a) In Russia.
(b) In America.
(c) In Germany.
(d) In the Middle East.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Solzhenitsyn "duel" with interrogators before being sent to prison?

2. How many peasants were members of the TKP?

3. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?

4. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?

5. Which country did Solzhenitsyn use as an example to show how the Organs justify their existence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Igor Tronko?

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

8. How did the prisoners feel about the offer of joining the white battalion?

9. What happened to Solzhenitsyn during his third year of University study at the NKVD?

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

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