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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 words was prison slang for execution?
(a) Super.
(b) Sheets.
(c) Time.
(d) Health.

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

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

4. In the years 1945-1946, how many prisoners were dying every day in every camp of Gulag?
(a) 50.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 5.

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

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

7. Which of the following terms did the Gulag soldier use to describe the prisoners who partook in hunger strikes?
(a) Dead men.
(b) Tramps.
(c) Riffraff.
(d) Bums.

8. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?
(a) Bribing judges.
(b) Ignoring justice.
(c) Tampering with evidence.
(d) Torturing witnesses.

9. How long did a typical bathroom break last when there were 120 prisoners who needed to go?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

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

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

12. Which of the following actions is the Central Executive Committee of the Russian government NOT allowed to do?
(a) Execute prisoners.
(b) Send prisoners to punishment camps.
(c) Pardon prisoners.
(d) Give prisoners lighter sentences.

13. When capital punishment was abolished, what was the only court system allowed to sentence defendants to death?
(a) Divorce court.
(b) Supreme court.
(c) Judicial court.
(d) Military court.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did the first hunger strike in Gulag last?

2. How long did the Bolsheviks struggle to overthrow the tsar?

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

4. Which of the following items is NOT something Solzhenitsyn says prisoners were discouraged from taking to the camps with them?

5. Which of the following adjectives is NOT used to describe the academic civilians in Russia?

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