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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month of the year was Solzhenitsyn sentenced to serve time in Gulag?

2. How many useful measures of torture did the Gulag prison system use?

3. Which of the following items were the colors on the Russian uniform meant to represent?

4. What was Solzhenitsyn's first cell number?

5. How many times per month were prisoners allowed to write petitions for their freedom from the prisons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the Voikov draft?

5. What was the hygienic purge?

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

7. How does Solzhenitsyn define evil?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During their interrogation periods, many prisoners were tortured by the guards. First, list at least five ways that prisoners were tortured, and what information guards hoped to elicit from these methods. Then, explain how torture led to false imprisonments and wrongful sentencing.

Essay Topic 2

Many prisoners were sent to the Gulag labor camps after being considered counter-revolutionary. First, explain how counter-revolutionary behavior is defined in the text and who was at the forefront of creating those definitions. Next, explain how the work camps struggled to re-educate the prisoners to rid them of their counter-revolutionary tendencies?

Essay Topic 3

The years 1937-1938 were considered the "Great Terror" years in Russia. Describe how life changed for the prisoners in the work camps during this era. Explain how Stalin used these two years to promote his own political agenda. What effect did this time have on Stalin's popularity within Russia?

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