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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following men is described as "the only Russian crazy enough to return without authorization"?
(a) Putinov.
(b) Gorbechov.
(c) Savinkov.
(d) Ratikov.

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

5. Which of the following adjectives does Solzhenitsyn use to describe the powers of execution?
(a) Hypnotic.
(b) Elevating.
(c) Corroding.
(d) Eerie.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which of the following is NOT a way that prisoners died while being transported from prison to prison on foot?
(a) They died from dehydration.
(b) They got dysentery from drinking swamp water.
(c) They were shot for walking too slowly.
(d) They were attacked by dogs.

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

14. Which of the following foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Cold soup.
(c) Boiled eggs.
(d) Preserved fish.

15. What did it mean to be "politically illiterate"?
(a) Pro-torture.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Unable to defend oneself in court.
(d) Anti-Soviet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for archipelago?

2. Which of the following terms was used to describe prisoners just arriving to exile?

3. Which of the following phrases was often chalked on the sides of the cattle cars used to transport prisoners?

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

5. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?

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