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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. Which of the following groups of foreigners was NOT seized when Tashkent fell short of their quota?

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

3. On what charge was Chulpenyev arrested in 1941?

4. For how long were juveniles sent to Gulag when sentenced?

5. What country does Solzhenitsyn view as his motherland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who were the organs?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the Gulag prison system, there was a vast organization of punishments and rewards in regards to the prisoners' productivity on a given day. First, explain how the productivity of prisoners was measured on a given day. Next, explain at least two ways prisoners were rewarded for meeting their work quota and two ways prisoners were punished for falling below the quota.

Essay Topic 2

After leaving the local prisons, prisoners were forced into a grueling transit process on their way to Gulag. Describe each of the three main modes of transportation prisoners took to arrive at Gulag. Explain the various horrors that awaited prisoners aboard each of these forms of transportation.

Essay Topic 3

In his memoir, Solzhenitsyn gives very specific descriptions about the soldiers who were a part of the mass arrests leading to the overflow of prisoners in Gulag. What types of men were typically arresting soldiers during this time? What was specific about the arresting soldiers' uniforms? What does Solzhenitsyn remember most about the guards who arrested him?

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