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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, First Encounters, Chapter 3, The South, '67.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ryszard encounter in Matenadaran?
(a) He encounters a thriving publishing community.
(b) He encounters ancient books.
(c) He encounters a wealth of religious texts.
(d) He encounters a community where all books were destroyed.

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

4. What does the author compare Siberia to weather-wise?
(a) Plinsk
(b) The mountains in China
(c) Northern Canada
(d) Antartica

5. Where was Ryszard's father?
(a) He was imprisoned by the Soviets.
(b) He was in prison for robbing a neighbor.
(c) He was in the army.
(d) He was on a business trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?

2. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

3. What did the children get after standing out all night in front of the candy store?

4. Why were people sent to Siberia?

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

(see the answer key)

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