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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the political atmosphere in Poland in 1939?

2. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?

3. Where was Ryszard traveling during the third encounter?

4. What is the condition of the city in Georgia?

5. How does Ryszard act in the classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

2. Why did Ryszard decide that he wanted to go back to the imperium?

3. What parts of the Soviet Union did Ryszard want to see?

4. What happened to the Temple in the 20th century?

5. Describe Moscow in the late 1980s.

6. What did Ryszard discover about the government in Armenia?

7. What was unique about the women in Tajikstan, and was their uniqueness easy to come by?

8. What was happening to the buildings in town?

9. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

10. What effect did the war have on the children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Detail the history of the Mafia and its role in the USSR. What were some of the pros and cons of the Mafia?

Essay Topic 2

With is the importance of religion in the USSR? What were the main religions? What were the pros and cons of each of the religions? How did the people of the different religious groups interact with each other?

Essay Topic 3

What natural resources did the USSR have? Describe how these natural resources affected the lives of those who lived near them.

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