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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what decade did hunger strikes spike in popularity?
(a) In the 1920s.
(b) In the 1940s.
(c) In the 1950s.
(d) In the 1930s.

2. What did Gulag prisoners steal from unsuspecting guards in the revolt of 1952?
(a) Their shoes.
(b) Their guns.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Their uniforms.

3. Which of the following items is NOT something Solzhenitsyn says prisoners were discouraged from taking to the camps with them?
(a) Boots.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Suitcases.
(d) Nice clothes.

4. What type of prisoner was housed in TONs?
(a) Children.
(b) Political prisoners.
(c) Sick prisoners.
(d) Violent prisoners.

5. Where were the prisoners who were sent into exile relocated to?
(a) Bavaria.
(b) Romania.
(c) Mongolia.
(d) Siberia.

6. During the new era of executions, how many men were killed in the first 16 months?
(a) 6,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 16,000.
(d) 1.6 million.

7. What is the abbreviated acronym for the All-Russian Central Executive Committee?
(a) VTsIK.
(b) ARCEC.
(c) KWyBZ.
(d) GULAG.

8. What did Gendelman do for a living?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a lawyer.
(d) He was a soldier.

9. Which of the following liquids frequently made prisoners in punishment cells drunk?
(a) Urine.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Lemon juice.
(d) Rain water.

10. Which of the following medical conditions did Lenin suffer from in 1922?
(a) He suffered a stroke.
(b) He suffered paralysis.
(c) He suffered an aneurysm.
(d) He suffered a heart attack.

11. Which of the following activities could get a person sent to the punishment camps in TON?
(a) Spitting.
(b) Belching.
(c) Scratching.
(d) Coughing.

12. What is another word for archipelago?
(a) Camp.
(b) Chain.
(c) Force.
(d) Terror.

13. How far did prisoners typically have to walk on foot if they were being transported to another prison?
(a) 1-5 miles.
(b) 20-25 miles.
(c) 10-15 miles.
(d) 30-35 miles.

14. How many compartments were in a typical passenger car headed out to exile?
(a) 17.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 23.

15. Why wasn't Stalin's body drawn and quartered for the execution of the peasants?
(a) Because no one knew where Stalin was buried.
(b) Because Stalin had never been found guilty of war crimes.
(c) Because the people begged not to disrupt his body.
(d) Because Stalin had divine absolvement of all crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following crimes is NOT mentioned by Solzhenitsyn as a crime punishable by death?

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

3. What is another word for the trains that brought prisoners out to exile?

4. How long did a typical bathroom break last when there were 120 prisoners who needed to go?

5. What nationality of men were the last to attempt a hunger strike in the Gulag prisons?

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