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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, First Encounters, Chapter 2, The Trans-Siberian.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What railroad was Ryszard traveling on the second time he encountered the Imperium?
(a) The Thalys
(b) The Eurostar
(c) The Elipsos
(d) The Trans-Siberian Railroad

2. What do they find in Zabaykal-sk?
(a) Barbed wire, dangerous dogs, and sentries
(b) Nothing aside from an empty station
(c) Welcoming crowds
(d) Protestors

3. What was Ryszard' destination?
(a) Plinsk
(b) Moscow
(c) Mangazeya
(d) St. Petersburg

4. Who was getting deported in Ryszard's life?
(a) His immediate family
(b) His neighbor
(c) His schoolmates and teachers
(d) No-one. The deportations are in the next town.

5. How old is Ryszard when he is caught by the Soviet soldiers?
(a) 3
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 7

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears when the travelers get near Moscow?

2. What was the food like in Ryszard's life?

3. Where was Ryszard's father?

4. Where did Ryszard come across the Imperium the second time?

5. What, according to the author, is the European political philosophy regarding ethnocentrism?

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