Gulag: A History Quiz

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Take our free Gulag quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How did Andropov die? (from Part 3, Chapter 27: The 1980's: Smashing Statues—Summary)

Hear attack.

Kidney failure.

He was assassinated.

Cancer.

2.

What happened if prisoners ventured too close to the barbed wire of the camps? (from Part 2, Chapter 10: Life in the Camps—Summary)

They lost their food ration.

They were shot.

They received electric shocks.

They were forced to work longer hours.

3.

Which of the following groups of people was not specifically charged with anti-Stalin behavior in the 1960s? (from Part 3, Chapter 26: The Era of the Dissidents—Summary)

Writers.

Poets.

Teachers.

Artists.

4.

Where was Stalin's Soviet Bloc? (from Part 3, Chapter 21: Amnesty–and Afterward—Summary)

Southern Europe.

Western Europe.

Northern Europe.

Eastern Europe.

5.

Who were the dokhodyagi? (from Part 2, Chapter 16: The Dying—Summary)

The sick soldiers.

The dead soldiers.

The weak soldiers.

The dying soldiers.

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