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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonid think Armenia might do?
(a) He wonders if Armenia will become Democratic.
(b) He wonders if Armenia will secede.
(c) He wonders if Armenia will cling to communism.
(d) He wonders if Armenia will become a republic.

2. What does the author compare Siberia to weather-wise?
(a) Antartica
(b) Northern Canada
(c) Plinsk
(d) The mountains in China

3. How does Ryszard feel about the imperium?
(a) He is skeptical that it can be communized.
(b) He is skeptical that it can be democratized.
(c) He is confident that it can become a communized.
(d) He is confident that it can be democratized.

4. What did the soldiers take from them?
(a) Books
(b) Boots
(c) Coats
(d) Alcohol

5. Where did Ryszard choose to go to see the metamorphosis?
(a) Moscow
(b) Georgia
(c) Pinsk
(d) Mary

6. What is deportation?
(a) Taking someone to a different shipping port
(b) Sending someone on vacation
(c) Sending someone away from their native land
(d) Moving someone to a different home in the same town

7. What does Ryszard think about the immensity of Russia?
(a) It makes Russians relax and let down their guards.
(b) It has a positive effect on Russians because it demands concentration.
(c) It makes Russians anxious to explore new territories.
(d) It has a negative effect on Russians because it doesn't demand concentration.

8. What was one of the difficulties Ryszard had to face when he decided to go back to visit the Imperium?
(a) He had lost his contacts.
(b) The country wasn't allowing visitors in.
(c) He was getting too old to travel.
(d) He had no money.

9. What has Baku been known for during the past 1,000 years?
(a) Baku has been a center for the arts for 1,000 years.
(b) Baku has been a trading post for 1,000 years.
(c) Baku has been a political hot spot for 1,000 years.
(d) Baku has been a literacy center for 1,000 years.

10. What type of protests did Ryszard observe in the Georgians?
(a) They relied on violence
(b) They had a very Eastern form of protest with sit-ins.
(c) They didn't believe in protests.
(d) They used starvation protests.

11. What was the political atmosphere in Poland in 1939?
(a) War is everywhere.
(b) It's a time of historical peace.
(c) The peasants are protesting.
(d) They are choosing new leaders.

12. What does Ryszard see getting loaded onto the trains?
(a) Mail
(b) Cattle
(c) People
(d) Coal

13. How did the travelers view time on the trip?
(a) The trip was going quickly.
(b) Travelers could predict time to the minute with the numerous stations and stops.
(c) All sense of time was lost.
(d) The trip seemed endless.

14. How long was the Temple of Christ the Savior in operation?
(a) 200 years
(b) Eight years
(c) 75 years
(d) 48 years

15. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?
(a) The school colors
(b) No prints were allowed.
(c) Their names
(d) Prints of Russian leaders

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prominent religious belief portrayed in Chapter 5?

2. What language does Ryszard learn in first grade?

3. How did they destroy the Temple of Christ the Savior?

4. What ultimately ended out on the spot of the Temple of Christ the Savior?

5. What is so genius about the Russians according to Ryszard?

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