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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following phrases was often chalked on the sides of the cattle cars used to transport prisoners?
(a) "Fragile."
(b) "God Save the Queen."
(c) "Perishable Goods."
(d) "Hollywood or Bust."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did guards transporting prisoners to exile typically steal from them?

2. Which of the following items was NOT used to break prisoners who attempted a hunger strike?

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

4. Which of the following terms did the Gulag soldier use to describe the prisoners who partook in hunger strikes?

5. Which of the following topics did Gendelman get into a heated debate with Krylenko about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened during the new era of executions?

2. What happened in the trial of Shakhty?

3. In what ways did the Gulag guards attempt to prevent hunger strikes from running rampant in the prisons?

4. Why did the Bolshevik Army turn on the church, and what do it get in return?

5. What were stolypins?

6. Why were six peasants shot in Tsarskoe Selo, and what was the response from the public?

7. Who were the sons of Gulag?

8. What did prisoners eat when they were being transported from one prison to another?

9. What did Lenin say to Gorky about the intelligentsia of Russia?

10. What surprises in the camps did prisoners remember that shocked their systems upon arrival?

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