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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 was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?
(a) Car headlights.
(b) Bolts of lightning.
(c) Flashlights.
(d) Matches.

2. Which of the following groups of people was NOT considered dangerous by Lenin?
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Malingerers.
(c) Violent offenders.
(d) Class enemies.

3. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Peace.
(d) Courage.

4. What was the name of the political party put into place by the tsar?
(a) The Soldier Party.
(b) The Cadet Party.
(c) The Scout Party.
(d) The Leader Party.

5. After lunch, how long were prisoners allowed to rest before returning to work?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Two hours.
(c) They were not allowed to rest.
(d) One hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items was Solzhenitsyn afraid his interrogators will find?

2. What was the name given to the guard who was in charge of waking the prisoners up in the morning?

3. How long was Chulpenyev held before being sent to the Gulag prison camps?

4. How did men treat Solzhenitsyn when he was in his uniform during his arrest?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What was the Voikov draft?

10. Who was Igor Tronko?

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