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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Bukharian's wife?
(a) Nina Andreyeva.
(b) Larisa Bogoraz.
(c) Zoya Belayeva.
(d) Anna Larina.

2. What was the title of the letter published in the Sovetskaya Rossiya that contradicted everything Gorbachev, Yakovlev, and the liberal intelligentsia had been saying?
(a) I Cannot Forsake Principles.
(b) Nina's Letter.
(c) A Letter from a Chemistry Teacher.
(d) History of Socialism.

3. How much would Remnick have been charged for a phone that had the capability to call abroad?
(a) $150.
(b) $15.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $10,000.

4. In 1968, what was Alexander Dubcek's attempt to create "socialism with a human face" called?
(a) Czech Socialism.
(b) Prague Spring.
(c) Czechoslovakia Freedom.
(d) Czech demonstration.

5. Who at the Central Committee's ideology office was behind the March 13 letter in Sovetskaya Rossiya?
(a) Andreyeva.
(b) Denisov.
(c) Chikin.
(d) Ligachev.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play did Yegor Ligachev and other Party ideologues object to?

2. Why was Tretetsky receiving phone calls all day on August 19, 1991?

3. What kept the Soviet economy going for awhile?

4. What made Remnick realize that the threats against the Jews in 1988 were serious?

5. Remnick saw a man with no legs on his way to the Lenin Library. How was the man getting around?

(see the answer key)

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