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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ryszard think about the immensity of Russia?

3. What did Moscow looked like to Ryszard when he visited during the late 1980s?

4. What is the atmosphere when the plane lands and people from Armenia meet with their families?

5. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rsyzard say about the borders in regard to ethnocentrism?

2. What was unique about the women in Tajikstan, and was their uniqueness easy to come by?

3. What is the new Armenia like?

4. Why was the mosque in Uzbekistan so unique?

5. What was the history of Moscow according to Chapter 4?

6. What was Rsyzard's overall viewpoint on his traveling situation on the train?

7. What effect did the war have on Ryszard's family?

8. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

9. What did Ryszard realize about the USSR's power during his third encounter with the Imperium?

10. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Loking toward the future, what did the Russian people feel was in store for them according to the author? Address structural changes as well as geographic and cultural changes.

Essay Topic 2

What is the political and cultural perspective of the Armenians? Give examples of how some of their practices were similar to those of the Communist regime.

Essay Topic 3

What led up to the collapse of the USSR? With the collapse predictable, and how did people react?

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