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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 14, The Kremlin, The Magic Mountain, Chapter 15, The Trap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ryszard choose to go to see the metamorphosis?
(a) Mary
(b) Georgia
(c) Moscow
(d) Pinsk

2. Where does Ryszard get stuck while he is in Yakutsk?
(a) The airport
(b) In traffic on the only main road
(c) On a train
(d) In a collapsing house

3. What does Ryszard see getting loaded onto the trains?
(a) People
(b) Coal
(c) Cattle
(d) Mail

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

5. Who does Ryszard travel with in Armenia?
(a) He travels with a business man and a former soldier.
(b) He travels with a travel guide.
(c) He travels with a sculptor and a composer.
(d) He travels with a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Shalamov, what is the West built on?

2. What seems like it will collapse like the USSR?

3. How has the southern republic responded to the USSR?

4. What does Ryszard do when he returns to Moscow from Magadan?

5. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?

(see the answer key)

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