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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 secede.
(b) He wonders if Armenia will cling to communism.
(c) He wonders if Armenia will become a republic.
(d) He wonders if Armenia will become Democratic.

2. Who lives in the countryside of Ashkhabad?
(a) The wealthy live in the countryside.
(b) Ryszard lives in the countryside.
(c) The poor live in the countryside.
(d) The scholars live in the countryside.

3. When the Berlin wall fall?
(a) 1979
(b) 1989
(c) 1991
(d) 1971

4. 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) He was getting too old to travel.
(c) He had no money.
(d) The country wasn't allowing visitors in.

5. What does Ryszard smell in the air in Baku?
(a) Oil
(b) Smoke
(c) Fish
(d) Sulfer

6. What were the passengers on the train like?
(a) Everyone shared their life stories.
(b) Everyone made up stories.
(c) Everyone was quiet.
(d) Everyone laughed and told jokes.

7. Where was Ryszard traveling during the third encounter?
(a) He was touring Siberia.
(b) He was on an expedition across the severn southern republics of the former USSR.
(c) He was heading from Moscow back to Poland.
(d) He was on a cruise on the Sea of Okhotsk

8. How do the countries in the Caucasus feel about each other?
(a) They are filled with suppressed rage over competing interests.
(b) They view each other as business partners.
(c) They are appreciative of the friendship among the countries.
(d) They don't know much about each other.

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

10. What was another nickname for Moscow before 1812?
(a) The Jewel in the Crown
(b) Land of the Eagles
(c) Third Rome
(d) City of Peace

11. What does Ryszard discover about the Armenian political system?
(a) The Armenian people have almost never had a state of their own.
(b) The Armenian people have no need of a government.
(c) The Armenians have a democratic government with several leaders.
(d) The Armenian people are used to ruling themselves.

12. What political studies did Ryszard have in first grade?
(a) Democracy
(b) Bolshevikism
(c) Marxism
(d) Leninism

13. Who was getting deported in Ryszard's life?
(a) His neighbor
(b) His schoolmates and teachers
(c) No-one. The deportations are in the next town.
(d) His immediate family

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

15. How tall was the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) 2 stories tall
(b) 30 stories tall
(c) 20 stories tall
(d) 13 stories tall

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Armenia become a Christian country?

2. Who does Ryszard site with in Azerbaijan?

3. What interrupted class time?

4. What is Aremenian behavior similar to, according to the author?

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

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