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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 6, We Look, We Cry, Chapter 7, The Man on the Asphalt Mountain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Georgia appear to Ryszard compared to Armenia?
(a) It has more wealth than Armenia.
(b) It is much more violent than Armenia.
(c) It is more focused on the arts than Armenia.
(d) It is more poverty-stricken than Armenia.

2. Who lives in the countryside of Ashkhabad?
(a) Ryszard lives in the countryside.
(b) The scholars live in the countryside.
(c) The poor live in the countryside.
(d) The wealthy live in the countryside.

3. What does Leonid think Armenia might do?
(a) He wonders if Armenia will become Democratic.
(b) He wonders if Armenia will become a republic.
(c) He wonders if Armenia will cling to communism.
(d) He wonders if Armenia will secede.

4. What is happening to Soviet and Russian symbolism in Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s ?
(a) It is revered.
(b) It is thriving.
(c) Is has vanished.
(d) The locals are expanding on old, treasured traditions and symbols.

5. What do the Red Army men want?
(a) The want the family's treasures.
(b) They want Ryszard to join them.
(c) They want the family's livestock.
(d) They want Ryszard's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?

2. How does Ryszard feel about the imperium?

3. What was one of the difficulties Ryszard had to face when he decided to go back to visit the Imperium?

4. Where was Ryszard traveling during the third encounter?

5. Who does the intelligentsia want to make peace among?

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