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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Andrei remember he last took an annual trip to Europe with his grandmother and brother?
(a) Late 1990s.
(b) 1995.
(c) Early 1990s.
(d) 1998.

2. When did Dima buy an apartment across the landing for their grandmother's place?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1998.

3. What is the first book read for the fall PMOOC section that Andrei is in charge of for Jeff Wilson's class?
(a) The Cossacks.
(b) Family Happiness.
(c) Resurrection.
(d) Anna Karenina.

4. Who was living in Baba Seva's apartment when she wanted to mortage it?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her daughter, her daughter's husband, and her boys.
(c) Dima and his second wife.
(d) Dima and his first wife.

5. What did Andrei's grandmother teach at Moscow State University when she was young?
(a) Biology.
(b) History.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Botany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrei's father do for a living?

2. During what month do Muscovites all leave for their dachas?

3. Where did Uncle Lev and Baba Seva have a dacha?

4. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?

5. When was Andrei's grandfather Boris Lipkin killed?

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