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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All of the following were ways to get into the Kremlin except for which?
(a) A congress
(b) a summons
(c) A tourist day pass
(d) The museum

2. How did Galina Starovoytova in Moscow help Ryszard?
(a) She set him up with contacts.
(b) She helped him with local transportation.
(c) She helped him obtain a fake passport?
(d) She cooked for him.

3. What happened to the port town of Muynak between 1970 and 1990?
(a) It struggled to keep up with the quickly-changing international shipping standards.
(b) It became a thriving business area.
(c) It became the center of commerce for the region.
(d) It became a deserted town in the middle of the desert.

4. What was Ufa like before the USSR stepped in?
(a) It was a major tourist attraction.
(b) It had no hope of growth potential.
(c) It was beautiful.
(d) It was falling apart.

5. What is the status of the Red Army?
(a) The Red Army is in terrible shape.
(b) The Red Army is struggling but gradually gaining power.
(c) The Red Army is nonexistent.
(d) The Red Army is stronger than ever.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what happens to a civilization that doesn't ask questions?

2. What are the workers told at the meeting?

3. What is ironic about Zalozhnaya?

4. What did the people who grew up under the USSR lack?

5. Why couldn't Ryszard tell the story that he tells in Chapter 15 earlier in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did people work in Vorkuta, and what type of people worked there?

2. Describe the hotel atmosphere in Yakutsk.

3. What were some of the challenges Ryszard faced when he tried to fly to Nagorno-Karabkah?

4. Describe what happened in Ufa.

5. Describe the landscape of the republics in Central Asia.

6. Describe Ryszard's observation on the Nationalist.

7. Describe the Red Army and what Ryszard feels about it.

8. Describe the Kremlin.

9. What did the actor in the play say about Russia and the October Revolution?

10. Describe the airport in Syktyvkar.

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