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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Anton do for a living?
(a) Has an agricultural business.
(b) Owns a sugar factory.
(c) Banker.
(d) Corporate lawyer.

3. In Chapter 7 two weeks after depositing Dima's money, how much more does the ruble slip?
(a) 7%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 2%.

4. For the first few years after Andrei's mother went to America, how often did she write Baba Seva?
(a) Every other month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every other week.

5. In Chapter 6, when does Dima tell Andrei in an email that he plans to be back in Moscow?
(a) End of October.
(b) End of September.
(c) September 30.
(d) October 24.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the student Fishman got kicked out of school?

3. What is the name of the girl Howard and Andrei are with when her boyfriend hits Andrei with a gun in Chapter 6?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is the name of the postdoc who invites Andrei to a party?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 3, where does Yulia Semenova invite Andrei for a small discussion of neoliberalism in higher education?

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