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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 methods was NOT one prisoners used to try to figure out where they were going when being sent into exile?

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

3. Which of the following preparations was NOT performed before the cattle cars were deemed fit for use for the prisoners?

4. During which decade did prisoners rarely have food due to a food shortage all across Russia?

5. Which of the following facts about hunger strikes is NOT true?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what offenses could prisoners be sent to the punishment cells?

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

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

6. How did the peasants of Kotlas live after a Gulag prison was set up on their land in 1938?

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

8. What were stolypins?

9. How were toilet trips managed when transporting passengers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

During their interrogation periods, many prisoners were tortured by the guards. First, list at least five ways that prisoners were tortured, and what information guards hoped to elicit from these methods. Then, explain how torture led to false imprisonments and wrongful sentencing.

Essay Topic 3

The years 1937-1938 were considered the "Great Terror" years in Russia. Describe how life changed for the prisoners in the work camps during this era. Explain how Stalin used these two years to promote his own political agenda. What effect did this time have on Stalin's popularity within Russia?

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