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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who betrayed Aleksandr Medvedev?
(a) Nikolai Petrakov.
(b) Yuri Kukushkin.
(c) Anatoly Kapustin.
(d) Boris Chagin.

2. What happened to the Eveni once they were herded into villages by the Soviets?
(a) They became good Russians.
(b) They became alcoholics.
(c) They became prisoners of the regime.
(d) They became soldiers.

3. What sport was popular in the Soviet Union in the seventies?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Football.

4. What event in the Ukraine signaled the end of the old Soviet regime?
(a) Chernobyl.
(b) Fall of the Berlin Wall.
(c) The release of Sakharov.
(d) Metal workers went on strike.

5. What country did Trivimi Velliste, president of the Estonian Heritage Society, use as an example for the road to Independence?
(a) Poland.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) India.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Remnick compare Memorial to?

2. In what city did the Party cancel the May Day parade in 1990?

3. When did the official indoctrination into the Soviet dogma begin?

4. Who came from Iowa to coach baseball?

5. What baseball player was the hero of Vadim Kilakov, the Spooner's catcher at Mendeleyev?

(see the answer key)

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