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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, From a Bird's-Eye View, 1989-1991, Chapter 4, The Third Rome, Chapter 5, The Temple and the Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the travelers view time on the trip?
(a) All sense of time was lost.
(b) Travelers could predict time to the minute with the numerous stations and stops.
(c) The trip was going quickly.
(d) The trip seemed endless.

2. What era was that during Ryszard's last visit?
(a) It was the Bolshevik era.
(b) It was the Lenin era.
(c) It was the Brezhnev era.
(d) It was the Stalin era.

3. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?
(a) Their names
(b) Prints of Russian leaders
(c) The school colors
(d) No prints were allowed.

4. Who lives in the countryside of Ashkhabad?
(a) The scholars live in the countryside.
(b) The wealthy live in the countryside.
(c) Ryszard lives in the countryside.
(d) The poor live in the countryside.

5. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?
(a) It was destroyed by cannon fire.
(b) It collapsed without warning.
(c) It caught on fire.
(d) They built a new addition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were people sent to Siberia?

2. What did the children get after standing out all night in front of the candy store?

3. What, according to the author, is the European political philosophy regarding ethnocentrism?

4. What was one of the difficulties Ryszard had to face when he decided to go back to visit the Imperium?

5. What was the food like in Ryszard's life?

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