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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Our Little Stasi and Chapter 11: The Language of Soup.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Eastern European women blame for their troubles?
(a) The govenment.
(b) Their parents.
(c) No one.
(d) Their friends.

2. What simple appliance was Slavenka's friend Blaga unaware of?
(a) A refrigerator.
(b) A washing machine.
(c) A dishwasher.
(d) A dryer.

3. When did Croatia become a democracy?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1950.
(c) After the fall of the Berlin Wall.
(d) Before World War II.

4. What event did Slavenka and Ulrike witness together?
(a) The fall of the Berlin wall.
(b) Yugoslavia's first election of a democratic leader.
(c) The invention of the internet.
(d) The assassination of JFK.

5. According to Slavenka, what sect was not acknowledged in the media during the collapse of Communism?
(a) Americans.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of this book, Yugoslavia celebrated its one-year anniversary of what?

2. What was one of the problems in Zsuzsa and Istvan's marriage?

3. What was Andrea's typical mental state?

4. Why was Ulrike put in prison?

5. Under Communist rule, many young people felt what?

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