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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the collapse of oil prices cause the Soviet Union to begin unraveling?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1983.

2. When did Jewish-Italian physicist Bruno Pontecorvo defect to the USSR?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1958.

3. Where is Sonya, the girl Andrei meets on a dating site in Chapter 5, from?
(a) Rostov.
(b) Khimki.
(c) Pudolsk.
(d) Serpukhov.

4. What did Andrei's college advisor used to do?
(a) Play basketball.
(b) Play football.
(c) Play soccer.
(d) Play hockey.

5. Where is Emma Abramovna's dacha?
(a) Peredelkino.
(b) Komarovo.
(c) Zhukovka.
(d) Barvikha.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Andrei's grandfather Boris Lipkin killed?

2. After Andrei's mother died, where did his father move?

3. When did Emma Abramovna move to Russia?

4. When did Emma Abramovna's daughter emigrate to Israel?

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

(see the answer key)

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