Imperium Test | Final Test - Easy

Ryszard Kapuściński
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Imperium Test | Final Test - Easy

Ryszard Kapuściński
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people attended the meeting at the Vargashovska mine?
(a) The only attendees were the miners.
(b) The hall was filled.
(c) The only attendees were the speakers.
(d) The place was half filled.

2. According to the author, what happens to a civilization that doesn't ask questions?
(a) It dies.
(b) It confuses the citizens.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It thrives.

3. What problem did Ufa face?
(a) Severe snowstorms
(b) Unsanitary conditions
(c) Poisoning by phenol
(d) Stripped mines

4. How did Galina Starovoytova in Moscow help Ryszard?
(a) She cooked for him.
(b) She set him up with contacts.
(c) She helped him with local transportation.
(d) She helped him obtain a fake passport?

5. What did the people who grew up under the USSR lack?
(a) A national identity
(b) Clothing
(c) Basic schooling
(d) A family history

6. What is Starovoytova's job?
(a) She runs a boarding house.
(b) She's a historian.
(c) She conducts tours.
(d) She tries to make peace between the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis.

7. Who ruled the area under Khrushchev and Brezhnev?
(a) The Red Army
(b) County police
(c) The Bolsheviks
(d) Russified locals

8. What were many of the agreements and disagreements over?
(a) Water
(b) Educational standards
(c) Who was going to rule
(d) Land boundaries

9. What happened as a result of the pesticides?
(a) People were poisoned and died.
(b) The local livestock died.
(c) People choked and went blind.
(d) People developed open sores.

10. All of the following were active mafia groups in the former USSR except for which:
(a) Caucasian mafia
(b) Russian mafia
(c) Nationalist mafia
(d) Asiatic mafia

11. Why couldn't Ryszard tell the story that he tells in Chapter 15 earlier in the book?
(a) He would have endangered those who helped him.
(b) He needed to get permission to tell the story from the people in it.
(c) He wanted to double-check his facts.
(d) He didn't know the ending.

12. What types of illness did the people fight in Muynak?
(a) Jaundice and dysentery
(b) polio and jaundice
(c) polio and dysentery
(d) measles and dysentery

13. What did the Imperium bring into Uzbekistan in the 1960s?
(a) Food
(b) Armies
(c) Water tanks
(d) Bulldozers

14. What seems like it will collapse like the USSR?
(a) Communism
(b) The Republic
(c) Democracy
(d) The Russian Federation

15. Why was it difficult getting Ryszard back to the airport?
(a) There was a severe, unexpected snowstorm.
(b) There was flooding.
(c) People have heard of Starovoytova's visit, and tropps are coming.
(d) There was a riot in the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people of Baku react to the idea of freedom of thought?

2. What happened to the port town of Muynak between 1970 and 1990?

3. What is Ryszard's take on the Red Army?

4. What is Yakutsk known for?

5. What movement is spreading across the land?

(see the answer keys)

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