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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ryszard do when he returns to Moscow from Magadan?
(a) He makes plans to leave the country.
(b) Ryszard falls into many discussions, arguments, meetings and conferences.
(c) He makes a list of all his new contacts.
(d) He takes a week to rest and garner his strength.

2. All of the following were ways to get into the Kremlin except for which?
(a) A congress
(b) a summons
(c) The museum
(d) A tourist day pass

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

4. What is the status of the Red Army?
(a) The Red Army is in terrible shape.
(b) The Red Army is struggling but gradually gaining power.
(c) The Red Army is nonexistent.
(d) The Red Army is stronger than ever.

5. Everything in Baku is what?
(a) New
(b) Covered with grafitti
(c) Moderately old
(d) Ancient

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as a result of the pesticides?

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

3. What is Yakutsk known for?

4. How many counties was Turkestan split into by the Bolsheviks in 1924?

5. What type of landscape does Central Asia have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ryszard's observation on the Nationalist.

2. What were the people in Baku like?

3. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

4. What happened to the churches in Russia?

5. What was a main problem that people faced with the cotton fields?

6. What did the actor in the play say about Russia and the October Revolution?

7. Describe Magadan.

8. What did Ryszard notice about the Kremlin?

9. Describe what happened to the region around the Aral Sea between 1970 and 1990.

10. What is the role of the Imperium in Yakutsk?

(see the answer keys)

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