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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. What is another word for archipelago?
(a) Camp.
(b) Force.
(c) Terror.
(d) Chain.

2. Which of the following preparations was NOT performed before the cattle cars were deemed fit for use for the prisoners?
(a) They were swept clean.
(b) Ceilings were tested for strength.
(c) Drains were cut into the floors.
(d) Bars were put over the windows.

3. Which of the following facts about hunger strikes is NOT true?
(a) Hunger strikes were made illegal in 1930.
(b) Stalin called hunger strikes counter-revolutionary.
(c) The last hunger strike took place in 1937.
(d) Hunger strikes claimed more lives than dysentery in the camps.

4. 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 were attacked by dogs.
(c) They were shot for walking too slowly.
(d) They got dysentery from drinking swamp water.

5. How far did prisoners typically have to walk on foot if they were being transported to another prison?
(a) 10-15 miles.
(b) 30-35 miles.
(c) 1-5 miles.
(d) 20-25 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did it mean to be "politically illiterate"?

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

3. Where were the prisoners who were sent into exile relocated to?

4. Which of the following camps was known for having ancient, leaking toilets?

5. Why were the peasants in Tsarskoe Selo executed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were toilet trips managed when transporting passengers?

3. Who were the sons of Gulag?

4. How did prisoners figure out where they were being relocated, particularly when being sent into exile?

5. What was Vlasov put on trial for in the last of Russia's open trials?

6. Why did women sometimes go crazy when they found a scrap of paper in the transit camps?

7. What types of prisoners were separated from the native population at Gulag?

8. How did the public react to Vlasov's sentencing at his trial?

9. What was the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?

10. What major change did Lenin make to the law right before he suffered his first stroke?

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