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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: My First Midnight Mass and Chapter 17: On the Quality of Wall Paint in Eastern Europe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people heard Slavenka's speech on the "velvet revolution"?
(a) Leftist women.
(b) Right-wing women.
(c) Right-wing men.
(d) Leftist men.

2. In Communist countries, who provided for the poor?
(a) Their family.
(b) The state.
(c) No one.
(d) The people.

3. What political label did Slavenka give herself in "A Letter from the United States..."?
(a) Honest social democrat.
(b) Honest social republican.
(c) Dishonest social democrat.
(d) Dishonest social republican.

4. Who did Eastern European women blame for their troubles?
(a) Their friends.
(b) No one.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The govenment.

5. How long were Zsuzsa and Istvan married?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 13 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ulrike eventually settle?

2. What was the condition of feminism in Eastern Europe, following the fall of Communism?

3. What was Andrea's typical mental state?

4. Slavenka referred to a Communist way of looking at things as what?

5. Who did Andrea live with?

(see the answer key)

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