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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered absurd, in a Communist country?
(a) Equality.
(b) Prosperity.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Fairness.

2. Under Communism, Slavenka knew Croatia would never what?
(a) Change.
(b) Become poor.
(c) Sacrifice its people.
(d) Get attacked.

3. What did not exist under socialism?
(a) Massive wealth.
(b) Charity.
(c) Class systems.
(d) All of these.

4. Slavenka believed that what was an endangered species under Communism?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dogs.
(c) People.
(d) Women.

5. Where was Evelina from?
(a) Croatia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Yugoslavia.

6. Who had military control during the split with Yugoslavia?
(a) The Yugoslavians.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The Serbs.

7. In 1990, Slavenka finally made peace with what?
(a) The possibility of famine.
(b) The death of her parents.
(c) The rebellion of her daughter.
(d) The idea of war.

8. What group wanted to take political control during the strife in Yugoslavia?
(a) The Croatians.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The Serbs.

9. What war did Slavenka watch during "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin"?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) Croatia's Civil war.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

10. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?
(a) He did not exist.
(b) He was everywhere.
(c) He was forgiving.
(d) He was great.

11. What political label did Slavenka give herself in "A Letter from the United States..."?
(a) Honest social democrat.
(b) Honest social republican.
(c) Dishonest social democrat.
(d) Dishonest social republican.

12. In "A Letter from the United States...", what was Slavenka asked to write?
(a) A novel.
(b) A film script.
(c) A book of essays.
(d) An article.

13. In "A Communist Eye...", what did Slavenka notice about the people in advertisements?
(a) They always wore red, white and blue.
(b) They were poorly dressed.
(c) They seemed perfect.
(d) They were ugly.

14. In Slavenka's opinion, what type of influence did women have in Eastern Europe?
(a) None.
(b) Some.
(c) It depended on their purse strings.
(d) Enormous.

15. In "A Letter from the United States...", what was Slavenka asked to speak on?
(a) Children and the revolution.
(b) Women and the revolution.
(c) The quality of the economy.
(d) The progress of environmentalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How We Survived Communism", what did both Slavenka and Vesna's mother like about foreign products?

2. How old was Slavenka when she first participated in an election?

3. During Communism, what were Eastern Europeans good at doing?

4. In what country is Castro a leader?

5. Slavenka sees what as the only outcome of war?

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