View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which former cellmate of Solzhenitsyn was a role model for Pavel Litvinov?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Sinyavsky.
(c) Kopelev.
(d) Shalamov.

2. How long after Gorbachev's 1989 visit to Berlin did the Berlin wall collapse?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) A month.
(d) 60 days.

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

4. When did the return of history begin?
(a) With Kukushkin in 1981.
(b) With Khruschev in 1956.
(c) With Gorbachev in 1985.
(d) With Solzhenitsyn in 1974.

5. What did Sakharov love most of all in life, according to Yelena Bonner?
(a) The poem "Requiem."
(b) His wife.
(c) Mussorgsky's music.
(d) Radio background emanation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Party so against the publication of Solzhenitsyn's books and his return to the Soviet Union?

2. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?

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

4. What book did Solzhenitsyn want Novy Mir to publish first?

5. What young politician was elected chairman of the October District in Moscow during the first elections?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 237 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample