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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Communist countries, who provided for the poor?

2. What was Slavenka's mother able to recite at the midnight mass?

3. In "How We Survived Communism", Slavenka says Communism failed due to what reason?

4. Slavenka was raised to believe what about God?

5. In what country is Castro a leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. What affected Slavenka emotionally, during her first midnight mass?

2. What happened to the new facade in Budapest?

3. In "Some Doubt about Fur Coats", what happened to a girl wearing a mink coat in Beograd?

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

5. What did Slavenka suspect about the homeless in New York?

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

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

8. Why was Tito's death significant?

9. Why did charity not exist under socialism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout Communism, women in Eastern European were not valued. During the fall of Communism, Slavenka did not feel women received adequate representation in the media. Examine Slavenka's feminist views and their relationship to her upbringing in a Communist culture.

Essay Topic 2

Although many of the women in the book were married, they were not in happy relationships. Write an essay supporting or refuting the following statement, citing examples from the text: Many of Slavenka's friends were unhappy in their relationship due to the inequality between men and women.

Essay Topic 3

Once communism fell, there was still much unrest and disorganization in the cities it once ruled. Write an essay examining the effect of this change on one of the following topics:

1) The citizens.

2) The buildings.

3) The culture.

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