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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. What was used at night when prisoners were being interrogated in the 1920s?

2. How long did Solzhenitsyn think he would be sentenced in Gulag?

3. What decade is generally considered a decade of freedom to those who have studied the Gulag prison system?

4. For how long did Solzhenitsyn walk around Russia as a free man before being sent to Gulag?

5. Where did most arrests happen during the time the Gulag prison systems were in use?

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

3. Who was Igor Tronko?

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

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

6. How does Solzhenitsyn define evil?

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

8. Who were the organs?

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

10. What was the Voikov draft?

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

Before arriving at Gulag prison, many prisoners, including Solzhenitsyn, spent time in local prisons training for their time at hard labor. Describe life for the prisoners in the local prisons, and compare/contrast their living conditions to those in Gulag. Explain how life for Solzhenitsyn, specifically, changed as he was moved from prison to prison.

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