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

2. What did Lenin call the purge through which he got rid of all those he wished to suppress?
(a) The gastronomical purge.
(b) The hygienic purge.
(c) The necessary purge.
(d) The spending purge.

3. How many men attempted to run away from the Gulag prison system?
(a) Very few.
(b) More than half.
(c) About one in three.
(d) Nearly all.

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

5. Of the judges who were brought before the Supreme Court, how many were found guilty of war crimes?
(a) Half of them.
(b) None of them.
(c) Only a handful.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what years was the Gulag prison system completely overcrowded?

2. What inappropriate subject did Solzhenitsyn joke about, leading to his arrest?

3. How were prisoners treated when they spoke in their own defense at trial?

4. What typically happened to a house after its owner was arrested?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who was Igor Tronko?

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

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

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