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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following preparations was NOT performed before the cattle cars were deemed fit for use for the prisoners?
(a) Ceilings were tested for strength.
(b) Drains were cut into the floors.
(c) Bars were put over the windows.
(d) They were swept clean.

2. What is another word for archipelago?
(a) Camp.
(b) Chain.
(c) Terror.
(d) Force.

3. How many days was a prisoner sent to punishment for if he were found guilty of unruliness?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 5 days.

4. Which of the following words was prison slang for execution?
(a) Super.
(b) Time.
(c) Sheets.
(d) Health.

5. Which of the following terms is used to describe show trials?
(a) Pontoon trials.
(b) Conflictless trials.
(c) Heavenly trials.
(d) Emancipated trials.

6. Which of the following intangible items did Lenin legalize in 1922?
(a) Terror.
(b) Hope.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Faith.

7. Which of the following actions is the Central Executive Committee of the Russian government NOT allowed to do?
(a) Execute prisoners.
(b) Give prisoners lighter sentences.
(c) Send prisoners to punishment camps.
(d) Pardon prisoners.

8. How was time at Gulag measured?
(a) In decades.
(b) In weeks.
(c) In deaths.
(d) In years.

9. What did Gendelman do for a living?
(a) He was a soldier.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was a doctor.

10. Who famously uttered the words, "Intelligentsia are not the nation's brains, but their excrement"?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Gorky.
(c) Solzhenitsyn.
(d) Lenin.

11. How long did a typical bathroom break last when there were 120 prisoners who needed to go?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

12. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?
(a) Bribing judges.
(b) Torturing witnesses.
(c) Ignoring justice.
(d) Tampering with evidence.

13. What did guards transporting prisoners to exile typically steal from them?
(a) Their food.
(b) Their clothing.
(c) Their water.
(d) Their shoes.

14. Which of the following methods was NOT used as a way to prevent prisoners from engaging in hunger strikes?
(a) Force feedings.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Water hosing.

15. Which of the following medical conditions did Lenin suffer from in 1922?
(a) He suffered an aneurysm.
(b) He suffered paralysis.
(c) He suffered a heart attack.
(d) He suffered a stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items was used to gag a prisoner in Gulag before he was executed?

2. How long does Solzhenitsyn claim it took before life in Gulag becomes bearable?

3. Which of the following groups of workers was NOT considered a trusty in the prison system?

4. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?

5. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?

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