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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 terms was used to describe prisoners just arriving to exile?
(a) Babies.
(b) Greenhorns.
(c) Novices.
(d) Suckers.

2. Which of the following liquids frequently made prisoners in punishment cells drunk?
(a) Urine.
(b) Rain water.
(c) Hot water.
(d) Lemon juice.

3. In Zihma, what did prisoners being transported on foot use as nets to catch fish in the river?
(a) Their trousers.
(b) Leaves woven together.
(c) Their own hair.
(d) Their socks.

4. What did prisoners frequently write down when they were lucky enough to find a scrap of paper and a pencil?
(a) Their names.
(b) Their social security numbers.
(c) Their telephone numbers.
(d) Their addresses.

5. What is another word for the trains that brought prisoners out to exile?
(a) Munditzplatz.
(b) Gallywags.
(c) Stolypins.
(d) Harishums.

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

7. Which group of soldiers turned on the Russian church, demanding all its money?
(a) The Militia.
(b) The Bolsheviks.
(c) The SRs.
(d) The Turncoats.

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

9. What did von Meck and Velchinko help Palchinsky do in the early stages of Russian revolution?
(a) Set prisoners free.
(b) Torture prisoners.
(c) Feed starving prisoners.
(d) Capture escaped prisoners.

10. Which of the following bunks were considered the best bunks to have in the summer?
(a) Bunks at the top of the car.
(b) Bunks at the bottom of the car.
(c) Bunks in the middle of the car.
(d) Bunks on the sides of the car.

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

12. Which of the following items was used to gag a prisoner in Gulag before he was executed?
(a) A clod of dirt.
(b) His socks.
(c) A rubber ball.
(d) A potato.

13. Which of the following groups of prisoners was NOT sent to its own secret prisons in Gulag?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Celebrities.
(c) Women.
(d) Homosexuals.

14. Why were the peasants in Tsarskoe Selo executed?
(a) For mowing public fields.
(b) For stealing bread for their children.
(c) For producing more salt than allowed.
(d) For disrespecting Stalin.

15. Which of the following groups of workers was NOT considered a trusty in the prison system?
(a) Drill instructors.
(b) Bath attendants.
(c) Clerks.
(d) Food servers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lenin secretly enjoy framing intelligentsia as before shipping them off to Gulag?

2. What color were the cattle cars that transported prisoners throughout Gulag?

3. How many civilians lived in the ground under Kotlas, a checkpoint into northeastern Russia?

4. Which of the following methods was NOT one prisoners used to try to figure out where they were going when being sent into exile?

5. What is the only article of clothing prisoners in the punishment cells were allowed to wear?

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