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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. In Part 2, Chapter 1, at what temperature do people loosen their collars and take off their hats?

2. After Andrei's mother died, where did his father move?

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

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

5. How long has it been since Sergei quit the university in Part 2, Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice did Andrei's advisor try to give him about getting a job?

2. What does Andrei learn about Sergei when he looks him up on the internet?

3. Why does Andrei's advisor call him in Part 2, Chapter 4?

4. Where does Andrei finally find his grandmother some Belarus slippers?

5. Why does Andrei start going to a bookstore/bar called Bilingua, and why does he stop?

6. What is Olympic Stadium, and what permutations has it gone through throughout the years?

7. Why does Andrei arrive an hour late for a dinner party in Part 2, Chapter 3?

8. Why has Andrei become an American, and his brother is essentially Russian?

9. Who is Baba Seva, and what is her situation in Part 1, Chapter 1?

10. In Part 2, Chapter 2, how is Seva's visit to the doctor for a physical?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andrei joins a group called October. What are the beliefs of the group? How does the group start to change Andrei’s mind about socialism?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does the author use artistic license to make the novel seem realistic and like it could have happened?

Essay Topic 3

Seva and Emma Abramovna have known one another for a long time. What type of relationship have Seva and Emma had throughout the years? Does Seva have a different view of the relationship than Emma has?

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