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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to two out of three of Ryszard's contacts?
(a) They were dead.
(b) They were delayed.
(c) They refused to speak to him.
(d) They were arrested.

2. How did the people of Baku react to the idea of freedom of thought?
(a) They were regularly punished for expressing freedom of thought.
(b) They didn't know what freedom of thought was.
(c) They felt that freedom of thought would lead to rebellion.
(d) They expected freedom of thought.

3. What happened to the port town of Muynak between 1970 and 1990?
(a) It became a deserted town in the middle of the desert.
(b) It became a thriving business area.
(c) It became the center of commerce for the region.
(d) It struggled to keep up with the quickly-changing international shipping standards.

4. What were many of the agreements and disagreements over?
(a) Who was going to rule
(b) Educational standards
(c) Water
(d) Land boundaries

5. Where does Ryszard attend the play?
(a) In a museum that was turned into a church
(b) In a church that was turned into a museum
(c) In a 300-year-old theater
(d) In a brand new theater

6. How did the actor feel about the Jews?
(a) He was enraged by them.
(b) He felt sorry for them.
(c) He loved them.
(d) He felt a connection to them.

7. What does Ryszard pretend to be in order to fly?
(a) A pilot
(b) A soldier
(c) A member of the government
(d) A businessman

8. What did Nadiezdha Alliluyeva do in Stalin's old apartment?
(a) She committed suicide.
(b) She helped him with his political endeavors.
(c) She tore it apart.
(d) She decorated it beautifully.

9. What does Ryszard do when he returns to Moscow from Magadan?
(a) Ryszard falls into many discussions, arguments, meetings and conferences.
(b) He takes a week to rest and garner his strength.
(c) He makes plans to leave the country.
(d) He makes a list of all his new contacts.

10. What was a positive aspect of the churches?
(a) They were always open for confession.
(b) They provided warmth in a poverty-stricken society.
(c) The buildings were preserved.
(d) Your soul was saved if you went into them.

11. What did Rsyzard's third contact think of the rulers in the Kremlin?
(a) She feels deeply indebted to them.
(b) She wants to work with them.
(c) She thinks they are trying, but need to develop a better ruling strategy.
(d) She wants to decapitate them.

12. How many counties was Turkestan split into by the Bolsheviks in 1924?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 2

13. What does Ryszard think of the news at the meeting?
(a) He thinks they are developing a good business strategy.
(b) He knows it is false.
(c) He has reservations abo0ut their decision.
(d) He is excited for the miners.

14. What did the Imperium bring into Uzbekistan in the 1960s?
(a) Water tanks
(b) Food
(c) Armies
(d) Bulldozers

15. When was the genocide in Karabakh that depopulated the area?
(a) 1920
(b) 19400
(c) 1980
(d) 1960

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it like living in Vorkuta?

2. Where did the mafia mentality originate according to the author?

3. What does he feel about the people of Russia?

4. Who ruled the area under Khrushchev and Brezhnev?

5. What types of illness did the people fight in Muynak?

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