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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the first hunger strike in Gulag take place?
(a) In the Verkhne-Uralsk camps.
(b) At the Toblowski hospitals.
(c) On the Solovetsky Islands.
(d) In the Butyrki Prison.

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

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

4. Why wasn't Stalin's body drawn and quartered for the execution of the peasants?
(a) Because Stalin had divine absolvement of all crimes.
(b) Because the people begged not to disrupt his body.
(c) Because no one knew where Stalin was buried.
(d) Because Stalin had never been found guilty of war crimes.

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

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

7. For how long did Stalin use officially capital punishment as a way to "clean out" his overcrowded prisons?
(a) Four years.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four weeks.

8. During which decade did prisoners rarely have food due to a food shortage all across Russia?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1960s.

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

10. 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) Bars were put over the windows.
(c) They were swept clean.
(d) Drains were cut into the floors.

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

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

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 5th anniversary.
(c) Its 20th anniversary.
(d) Its 15th anniversary.

14. During what decade did hunger strikes spike in popularity?
(a) In the 1940s.
(b) In the 1920s.
(c) In the 1930s.
(d) In the 1950s.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What argument did Stalin give to have the abolishment of capital punishment overturned?

3. During the new era of executions, how many men were killed in the first 16 months?

4. Which of the following foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?

5. Which of the following methods of transportation was NOT frequently used to send prisoners out to exile?

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