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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 adjectives is NOT used to describe the academic civilians in Russia?

2. What color were the cattle cars that transported prisoners throughout Gulag?

3. How long does Solzhenitsyn claim it took before life in Gulag becomes bearable?

4. What did Lenin secretly enjoy framing intelligentsia as before shipping them off to Gulag?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were the sons of Gulag?

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

4. Why was capital punishment banned in 1920?

5. What happened in the trial of Shakhty?

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

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

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

9. What would prisoners drink while being transported?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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.

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