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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?

4. Which of the following methods was NOT one prisoners used to try to figure out where they were going when being sent into exile?

5. Which group of soldiers turned on the Russian church, demanding all its money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was capital punishment banned in 1920?

2. Who was in charge of preparing stolypins for prisoner use, and how were the stolypins prepared?

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

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

5. What happened in the trial of Shakhty?

6. How was time in Gulag measured?

7. What would prisoners drink while being transported?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In his memoir, Solzhenitsyn gives very specific descriptions about the soldiers who were a part of the mass arrests leading to the overflow of prisoners in Gulag. What types of men were typically arresting soldiers during this time? What was specific about the arresting soldiers' uniforms? What does Solzhenitsyn remember most about the guards who arrested him?

Essay Topic 2

When people were sent to a Gulag labor camp, it was particularly difficult for their families. Explain how families tried to cope when one of their members was sent away. Give at least two ways prisoners attempted to stay in contact with their families even during their imprisonment.

Essay Topic 3

Many prisoners were sent to the Gulag labor camps after being considered counter-revolutionary. First, explain how counter-revolutionary behavior is defined in the text and who was at the forefront of creating those definitions. Next, explain how the work camps struggled to re-educate the prisoners to rid them of their counter-revolutionary tendencies?

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