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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Baku been known for during the past 1,000 years?
(a) Baku has been a political hot spot for 1,000 years.
(b) Baku has been a literacy center for 1,000 years.
(c) Baku has been a trading post for 1,000 years.
(d) Baku has been a center for the arts for 1,000 years.

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

3. How long did it take to destroy the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) Four months
(b) Two weeks
(c) Half a day
(d) Three years

4. What honor did the guests have when Ryszard stayed near Frunze?
(a) The guests viewed the traditional dance.
(b) The guests ate the heart from the boiled sheep head.
(c) The guests ate the brain from the boiled sheep head.
(d) The guests ate the eyes from the boiled sheep head.

5. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?
(a) He maintains that human civilization can't exist without the nomad.
(b) He maintains that nomads are the key to crime in society.
(c) He maintains that nomads are a detriment to society.
(d) He thinks nomads are the key to world education.

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

7. What did people think would have happened if Trotsky had beaten Stalin?
(a) They thought that communism would have failed.
(b) They thought that communism would have triumphed.
(c) They thought that democracy would have failed.
(d) They thought that democracy would have triumphed.

8. What was supposed to be built at the location of the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) A prayer wall
(b) A memorial to the martyrs
(c) The Palace of the Soviets
(d) A statue of Stalin

9. What did the soldiers take from them?
(a) Books
(b) Alcohol
(c) Coats
(d) Boots

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

11. What was Ryszard's final stop in Chapter 3?
(a) Mary
(b) Uzbekistan
(c) Tajikstan
(d) Kyrgystan

12. When did Ryszard come across the Imperium for the second time?
(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1945
(d) 1958

13. What was the winter like in 1939-1940 in Pinsk?
(a) It was mild.
(b) It felt like summer.
(c) It was tolerable.
(d) It was terrible.

14. What towns do the travelers go through on their journey?
(a) Novosibirsk, Omsk, and Bugotak
(b) Molot, Koziovo, and Ossinniki
(c) Novosibirsk, Omsk, and Chelyabinsk
(d) Omsk, Chelyabinsk, and Zarinsk

15. How did they destroy the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) They took it down manually, piece by piece.
(b) They used cannons.
(c) They used dynamite.
(d) They set it on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ryszard's father?

2. Who was getting deported in Ryszard's life?

3. When was Ryszard's third encounter with the Imperium?

4. What was unique about the mosque in Uzbekistan?

5. What does Ryszard discover about the Armenian political system?

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