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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slavenka noticed that people often did what, in preparation for a war?
(a) Stocked their cupboards.
(b) Built fall-out shelters.
(c) Spent time with family.
(d) Wrote a will.

2. In 1987, what did Castro limit the ownership of?
(a) Cars.
(b) Property.
(c) Coats.
(d) Boats.

3. In 1990, what two countries split from Yugoslavia?
(a) Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Romania and Bosnia.
(c) Croatia and Slovenia.
(d) Croatia and Macedonia.

4. In "The Day When They Say That War Will Begin", how did Slavenka feel about the idea of war?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Interested.
(d) Apathetic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did not exist under socialism?

2. In "A Letter from the United States...", what did Slavenka say regarding Communist women and public discourse?

3. What was considered absurd, in a Communist country?

4. In "A Communist Eye...", Slavenka believed that beggars were lying about what?

5. What surprising item did Slavenka hold up, while speaking on the "velvet revolution"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Slavenka believes it impossible for a regime to do what?

2. What items had Vesna's mother been known to collect?

3. What struck Slavenka as unusual, regarding the election in Sagreb, Croatia?

4. Why was Slavenka disturbed by the sermon she heard at her first midnight mass?

5. In "How We Survived Communism", why did Vesna's mother want her to save a ripped stocking?

6. Why did charity not exist under socialism?

7. Why was the difference between Western and Eastern feminist movements so great?

8. On the eighth day of the Gulf War, what happened that affected Slavenka?

9. Why did Slavenka hold up sanitary napkins and tampons during a speech?

10. According to Castro, why did he attempt to limit automobiles to less than one per person?

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