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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was capital punishment abolished in the courts?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1940.

2. Which of the following sections of the memoir deals with the show trials?
(a) "The Law in Infancy."
(b) "The Law Becomes a Man."
(c) "The Law as a Child."
(d) "The Law Matures."

3. Which of the following methods of transportation was NOT frequently used to send prisoners out to exile?
(a) Foot marches.
(b) Boats.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Horse carts.

4. What did Lenin secretly enjoy framing intelligentsia as before shipping them off to Gulag?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Arsonists.
(c) Spies.
(d) Thieves.

5. Which of the following camps was known for having bricked-over windows?
(a) Novosibirsk.
(b) Usman.
(c) Irkutsk.
(d) Vologda.

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

7. Which of the following is NOT a way that prisoners died while being transported from prison to prison on foot?
(a) They died from dehydration.
(b) They were shot for walking too slowly.
(c) They got dysentery from drinking swamp water.
(d) They were attacked by dogs.

8. What is the only article of clothing prisoners in the punishment cells were allowed to wear?
(a) A shirt.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Underwear.
(d) Trousers.

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

10. How long did a typical bathroom break last when there were 120 prisoners who needed to go?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

11. How was time at Gulag measured?
(a) In decades.
(b) In years.
(c) In deaths.
(d) In weeks.

12. What was the name given to the investigators whose main job was to find men to convict and send to Gulag?
(a) Mathematicians.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Architects.
(d) Plumbers.

13. What is another word for the trains that brought prisoners out to exile?
(a) Harishums.
(b) Munditzplatz.
(c) Gallywags.
(d) Stolypins.

14. What nationality of men were the last to attempt a hunger strike in the Gulag prisons?
(a) Yugoslavian.
(b) Romanian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Bulgarian.

15. Which of the following methods was NOT used as a way to prevent prisoners from engaging in hunger strikes?
(a) Force feedings.
(b) Water hosing.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Beatings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many defendants were a part of the first show trial in Russian history?

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

3. During the new era of executions, how many men were killed in the first 16 months?

4. Who famously uttered the words, "Intelligentsia are not the nation's brains, but their excrement"?

5. Which of the following terms was used to describe prisoners just arriving to exile?

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