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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 camps was known for having good barracks?
(a) Irkutsk.
(b) Novosibirsk.
(c) Usman.
(d) Vologda.

2. Which of the following groups of men found themselves in the first show trial of the Shakhty?
(a) Coal miners.
(b) Railroad workers.
(c) Police officers.
(d) Goat farmers.

3. Where were the prisoners who were sent into exile relocated to?
(a) Siberia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Bavaria.

4. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

5. How old was Solzhenitsyn when he used to listen to the "boring, pallid daily records" of the trials?
(a) 42.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 32.

6. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?
(a) Children.
(b) Political prisoners.
(c) Violent prisoners.
(d) Sick prisoners.

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

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

9. After Krylenko's trial, how many men were spared death by execution?
(a) 34.
(b) 24.
(c) 14.
(d) 44.

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

11. Which of the following camps was known for having ancient, leaking toilets?
(a) Usman.
(b) Irkutsk.
(c) Vologda.
(d) Novosibirsk.

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

13. On which anniversary of it being abolished for the first time, was capital punishment again abolished for all but military crimes?
(a) Its 10th anniversary.
(b) Its 20th anniversary.
(c) Its 5th anniversary.
(d) Its 15th anniversary.

14. Which of the following prisons was considered to be the center of Gulag?
(a) Kolyman.
(b) Lubyanka.
(c) Krasnaya Presnya.
(d) Cheka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following intangible items did Lenin legalize in 1922?

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

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

4. Which of the following actions is the Central Executive Committee of the Russian government NOT allowed to do?

5. Which of the following words was prison slang for execution?

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