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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, First Encounters, Chapter 3, The South, '67.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the main religions of Azerbaijan?
(a) Zoroastrianism and Islam
(b) Islam and Buddhism
(c) Zoroastrianism and Christianity
(d) Buddhism and Christianity

2. How has the southern republic responded to the USSR?
(a) They held on to some of their traditions.
(b) The USSR didn't affect them at all.
(c) They negotiated with the USSR for certain political positions.
(d) They were brainwashed and lost all sense of self.

3. What is deportation?
(a) Sending someone on vacation
(b) Taking someone to a different shipping port
(c) Sending someone away from their native land
(d) Moving someone to a different home in the same town

4. What does Ryszard see getting loaded onto the trains?
(a) Coal
(b) People
(c) Mail
(d) Cattle

5. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?
(a) He maintains that nomads are the key to crime in society.
(b) He maintains that human civilization can't exist without the nomad.
(c) He maintains that nomads are a detriment to society.
(d) He thinks nomads are the key to world education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?

2. What do they find in Zabaykal-sk?

3. What does the author compare Siberia to weather-wise?

4. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

5. What towns do the travelers go through on their journey?

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