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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 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 1940s.
(d) The 1930s.

2. Where did Solzhenitsyn meet Igor Tronko?
(a) Lubyanka.
(b) Butyrki.
(c) Cheka.
(d) Kolyma.

3. Which of the following activities was NOT something Solzhenitsyn was allowed to do in prison?
(a) Cook lunch for fellow prisoners.
(b) Play chess with friends.
(c) Read a magazine.
(d) Go for a walk.

4. Why did Lozovsky ask to be shot during Chulpenyev's trial?
(a) To show his bravery.
(b) To show his innocence.
(c) To show his love.
(d) To show his patriotism.

5. How many hours a day does Solzhenitsyn claim were of no note?
(a) 8 hours a day.
(b) 24 hours a day.
(c) 12 hours a day.
(d) 16 hours a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?

2. What is the nationality of the man who Solzhenitsyn has carry his suitcase when he is being arrested?

3. On what date does the war end in Russia?

4. What is the acronym for the school where Solzhenitsyn studied?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. While imprisoned, what did Solzhenitsyn feel about his Motherland?

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

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

9. What was the hygienic purge?

10. What was the Voikov draft?

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