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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Andrei's grandfather Boris Lipkin killed?
(a) A year after Andrei's mother was born.
(b) A month after Andrei's mother was born.
(c) 8 months after Andrei's mother was born.
(d) 2 months after Andrei's mother was born.

2. What is the first book read for the fall PMOOC section that Andrei is in charge of for Jeff Wilson's class?
(a) The Cossacks.
(b) Resurrection.
(c) Family Happiness.
(d) Anna Karenina.

3. During what month do Muscovites all leave for their dachas?
(a) September.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) July.

4. When did Andrei's mother die?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1992.

5. When was Andrei's grandmother awarded her apartment?
(a) 1946.
(b) Early 1940s.
(c) Late 1940s.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Andrei move to Moscow to take care of his grandmother?

2. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?

3. What country has Russian recently attacked when Andrei comes to Moscow to stay with his grandmother?

4. What did Andrei's grandmother teach at Moscow State University when she was young?

5. What type of physicist was Uncle Lev?

(see the answer key)

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