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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. What is Starovoytova's job?

2. An actor sang a hymn about Russia promoting its what?

3. What becomes a symbol of sanctuary from oppression in Bashkir?

4. What did Nadiezdha Alliluyeva do in Stalin's old apartment?

5. Where did prisoners work in Vorkuta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the people in Baku like?

2. What is the role of the Imperium in Yakutsk?

3. Describe Magadan.

4. What was the city of Baku like?

5. What was the Karabakh are like?

6. What was a main problem that people faced with the cotton fields?

7. Describe the weather in Vorkuta.

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

9. Describe the feelings the elite in Moscow had for the Imperium.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This book is rife with symbolism. Choose two symbols the author mentions, describe them in detail, and explain why the author used them as symbols.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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