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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, From a Bird's-Eye View, 1989-1991, Chapter 4, The Third Rome, Chapter 5, The Temple and the Palace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?
(a) No prints were allowed.
(b) Prints of Russian leaders
(c) The school colors
(d) Their names

2. What language does Ryszard learn in first grade?
(a) Russian
(b) Chinese
(c) German
(d) English

3. What political studies did Ryszard have in first grade?
(a) Democracy
(b) Leninism
(c) Marxism
(d) Bolshevikism

4. What did the soldiers offer Ryszard and his friends?
(a) Blankets
(b) Food
(c) Wood for their fires
(d) Tobacco

5. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?
(a) He found that the churches were obliterated.
(b) He found people starving in the streets.
(c) He found a prosperous community.
(d) He found ancient Christian icons, frescoes, and whitewashed remains of churches.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do Ninnik and Ryszard view the city of Azerbaijan?

4. What appears when the travelers get near Moscow?

5. What is so genius about the Russians according to Ryszard?

(see the answer key)

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