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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 foods were prisoners allowed to eat on their way to exile?

2. Which of the following camps was known for being lice ridden?

3. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?

4. How far did prisoners typically have to walk on foot if they were being transported to another prison?

5. During what decade did hunger strikes spike in popularity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was time in Gulag measured?

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

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

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

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

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

9. When and where did the first Gulag hunger strike occur?

10. Who were the sons of Gulag?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Before arriving at Gulag prison, many prisoners, including Solzhenitsyn, spent time in local prisons training for their time at hard labor. Describe life for the prisoners in the local prisons, and compare/contrast their living conditions to those in Gulag. Explain how life for Solzhenitsyn, specifically, changed as he was moved from prison to prison.

Essay Topic 2

When the war broke out in the Soviet Union in 1941, many things about camp life in Gulag were changed. First, explain why it took so long for WWII to reach Russia. Next, explain how the onset of war fighting altered the conditions for prisoners within the camp. Why were more prisoners dying during wartime than any other time in Gulag history?

Essay Topic 3

Before prisoners were sent to the Gulag camps, they had to go through an intense legal proceeding. Describe the timeline of events each new arrested individual would go through before arriving at Gulag prisons. Explain how the random nature of Russia's legal system created confusion and disorganization among the interrogation guards.

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