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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who ruled the area under Khrushchev and Brezhnev?
(a) The Red Army
(b) The Bolsheviks
(c) Russified locals
(d) County police

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

4. What play does Rsyzard to to see?
(a) Nijinsky
(b) The Nutcracker Suite
(c) A Word About Russia
(d) A Doll's House

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

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

7. An actor sang a hymn about Russia promoting its what?
(a) Military
(b) Former greatness
(c) Path into future greatness
(d) Educational system

8. Who dominates the republic of Yakutia?
(a) The locals
(b) The Imperium
(c) The army
(d) The police

9. What is Ryszard's hotel like in Zalozhynaya?
(a) It's miserable and cold.
(b) Its warm and friendly.
(c) It's right on the water.
(d) It's a luxury resort.

10. What becomes a symbol of sanctuary from oppression in Bashkir?
(a) The music
(b) A flower
(c) Churches
(d) Nature

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

12. What is Ryszard's take on the Red Army?
(a) He thinks they are too lenient on the soldiers.
(b) He speculates that it contains men who engage in impracticable sadism for fun.
(c) He is happy it is gone.
(d) He thinks they should focus more on strategies.

13. How did Galina Starovoytova in Moscow help Ryszard?
(a) She set him up with contacts.
(b) She cooked for him.
(c) She helped him obtain a fake passport?
(d) She helped him with local transportation.

14. What happened as a result of the pesticides?
(a) The local livestock died.
(b) People were poisoned and died.
(c) People choked and went blind.
(d) People developed open sores.

15. What are the people like in the hotel?
(a) They fight easily, but otherwise are cold and rude.
(b) They are friendly, but leave the traveler up to their own devices.
(c) They try to make it a home away from home.
(d) They cater to the traveler's every need.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement is spreading across the land?

2. What does Ryszard pretend to be in order to fly?

3. What happened to two out of three of Ryszard's contacts?

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

5. All of the following were active mafia groups in the former USSR except for which:

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