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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the author heading along with his mother and sister?
(a) He is heading far away from his home.
(b) He is heading to his home in Pinsk, Poland.
(c) He is heading to the store.
(d) He is heading to Moscow.

3. How do the countries in the Caucasus feel about each other?
(a) They are filled with suppressed rage over competing interests.
(b) They view each other as business partners.
(c) They don't know much about each other.
(d) They are appreciative of the friendship among the countries.

4. How old are some of the churches Ryszard visits in Georgia?
(a) Some date back to the sixth century.
(b) All the old churches were destroyed.
(c) Some date back to the tenth century.
(d) Some date back to the fifteenth century.

5. How does Ryszard act in the classroom?
(a) He never knows the answers.
(b) He is the class clown.
(c) He doesn't ask questions for fear of reprisal.
(d) He asks lots of questions to show how smart he is.

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

7. What do the red banners signify to the travelers?
(a) They copy the country's flag.
(b) They are welcoming the travelers into the Soviet Union.
(c) They are reminders of bloodshed in the past.
(d) They are variations of the swastika flags.

8. When was Ryszard's third encounter with the Imperium?
(a) 1950
(b) 1970
(c) 1967
(d) 1958

9. What do the peoples use to establish order?
(a) Solid business plans
(b) Regular peace talks
(c) Force
(d) Strict laws and government-approved lawyers

10. How has the southern republic responded to the USSR?
(a) They were brainwashed and lost all sense of self.
(b) The USSR didn't affect them at all.
(c) They negotiated with the USSR for certain political positions.
(d) They held on to some of their traditions.

11. Who built the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) Alexander I
(b) Alexander II
(c) Peter the Great
(d) Stalin

12. What happened to the churches in Moscow during the Bolshevik revolution?
(a) The Bolsheviks built onto them.
(b) The Bolsheviks protected them.
(c) The Bolsheviks turned them into museums
(d) The Bolsheviks demolished them.

13. Where was Ryszard traveling during the third encounter?
(a) He was on an expedition across the severn southern republics of the former USSR.
(b) He was heading from Moscow back to Poland.
(c) He was touring Siberia.
(d) He was on a cruise on the Sea of Okhotsk

14. How many republics did the Soviet Union have when Ryszard wanted to visit in the late 1980s?
(a) 9
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 15

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did people of Moscow regard speech?

3. What was unique about the mosque in Uzbekistan?

4. What is the atmosphere when the plane lands and people from Armenia meet with their families?

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

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