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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: A Letter from the United States - The Critical Theory Approach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the young and unemployed feel about the living situation under Communist rule?
(a) They did not complain.
(b) They complained to each other.
(c) They complained to the news.
(d) They complained to family.

2. Why did Slavenka visit East Berlin in "A Doll that Grew Old"?
(a) To take pictures.
(b) To visit a prison.
(c) To visit a friend.
(d) To shop.

3. What memory about Slavenka's grandmother saddened her?
(a) The image of worn hands.
(b) The lack of education.
(c) The way she died.
(d) Alcoholism.

4. Who was Danuta forced to support?
(a) Her sister's children.
(b) Her four kids.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

5. Under Communism, few expected what would ever change?
(a) Food supplies.
(b) Creative employment opportunities.
(c) Living conditions.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to a Communist mind-set, what did Tanja lack?

2. In "Our Little Stasi", what bill did Slavenka struggle to pay?

3. What type of people heard Slavenka's speech on the "velvet revolution"?

4. When year did Tanja die?

5. What did Slavenka remember about her mother's beauty regimen?

(see the answer key)

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