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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many defendants were a part of the first show trial in Russian history?
(a) 47.
(b) 33.
(c) 12.
(d) 53.

2. How many compartments were in a typical passenger car headed out to exile?
(a) 17.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 23.

3. In what year was capital punishment abolished in the courts?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1920.

4. Which of the following phrases was often chalked on the sides of the cattle cars used to transport prisoners?
(a) "God Save the Queen."
(b) "Perishable Goods."
(c) "Fragile."
(d) "Hollywood or Bust."

5. What nationality of men were the last to attempt a hunger strike in the Gulag prisons?
(a) Yugoslavian.
(b) Polish.
(c) Bulgarian.
(d) Romanian.

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

7. How many prisons could a true son of Gulag name?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 24.

8. Which of the following crimes is NOT mentioned by Solzhenitsyn as a crime punishable by death?
(a) Hitting a police officer's horse.
(b) Accidentally starting a fire.
(c) Public drunkenness.
(d) Not trimming the hedges in one's yard.

9. How long does Solzhenitsyn claim it took before life in Gulag becomes bearable?
(a) One month.
(b) Life in Gulag never becomes bearable.
(c) One year.
(d) One week.

10. When forming a line for drinking water, which of the following prisoners were allowed to drink first from the common cup?
(a) The weakest prisoners.
(b) The healthiest prisoners.
(c) The youngest prisoners.
(d) The oldest prisoners.

11. Which of the following activities could get a person sent to the punishment camps in TON?
(a) Scratching.
(b) Coughing.
(c) Spitting.
(d) Belching.

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

13. Which of the following camps was known for having bricked-over windows?
(a) Novosibirsk.
(b) Usman.
(c) Irkutsk.
(d) Vologda.

14. What color were the cattle cars that transported prisoners throughout Gulag?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for archipelago?

2. Which of the following liquids frequently made prisoners in punishment cells drunk?

3. What did Gulag prisoners steal from unsuspecting guards in the revolt of 1952?

4. After Krylenko's trial, how many men were spared death by execution?

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

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