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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. Why were people sent to Siberia?

2. Who does the intelligentsia want to make peace among?

3. What was supposed to be built at the location of the Temple of Christ the Savior?

4. What was Ryszard' destination?

5. How many republics did the Soviet Union have when Ryszard wanted to visit in the late 1980s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the three different attitudes foreigners had when entering the Soviet Union?

2. What happened to the Temple in the 20th century?

3. What happened to Ryszard and his mother and sister when they are traveling?

4. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

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

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

7. Why was the mosque in Uzbekistan so unique?

8. What is Georgia like?

9. How did Ryszard feel about the barbed wire barriers and dogs? What did they remind him of?

10. Why did Ryszard decide that he wanted to go back to the imperium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Central Asia and the changes that happened to it during the 1900s. How did the Bolsheviks change Central Asia, and what effect did the Imperium have on the area?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the important the freedom of thought. How did it affect the people of the USSR? How is freedom of thought important to a culture on the whole?

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