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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much was a million Russian rubles worth on the open market in the late 1980s?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $100,000.

2. When was Gorbachev born?
(a) March 1931.
(b) May 1929.
(c) April 1932.
(d) June 1928.

3. Who became president of Czechoslovakia?
(a) Vaclav Havel.
(b) Dubcek.
(c) Sakharov.
(d) Walesa.

4. In 1989, with whose portrait did some older women replace their portraits of Lenin?
(a) Shakarov.
(b) Ligachev.
(c) Gorbachev.
(d) Kashpirovsky.

5. Who was a video healer who appeared on state television?
(a) Obolensky.
(b) Kashpirovsky.
(c) Arbatov.
(d) Rasputin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Karpinsky's job after entering Moscow State University in 1947?

2. Who refused to be interviewed by Remnick during the first session of Congress?

3. Which Russian author wrote about Sakhalin Island?

4. Where did Gorbachev grow up?

5. When did Gorbachev take office?

(see the answer key)

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