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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ryszard like about Baku?
(a) It was built for the people.
(b) It was right on the water.
(c) It had wonderful transportation options.
(d) It had exquisite views.

2. What percent of the miners lived to the age of 50?
(a) 75
(b) 5
(c) 98
(d) 20

3. What is the main people group of Kolyma?
(a) Prisoners
(b) Military guards
(c) Nomads
(d) Artists

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

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

6. What is the Syktyvkar airport like?
(a) It's empty.
(b) It's crowded and disorganized.
(c) It's very clean and orderly.
(d) It's filled with the latest technology.

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

8. All of the following were active mafia groups in the former USSR except for which:
(a) Russian mafia
(b) Asiatic mafia
(c) Caucasian mafia
(d) Nationalist mafia

9. According to Shalamov, what is the West built on?
(a) Ruthless subordination
(b) Industry
(c) The army
(d) Creative invention

10. What is Magadan like?
(a) It's filled with extreme poverty.
(b) The citizens have a strong local government.
(c) It filled with hard workers who are edging into the upper middle class.
(d) It's very wealthy.

11. According to the author, what happens to a civilization that doesn't ask questions?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It thrives.
(c) It confuses the citizens.
(d) It dies.

12. What seems like it will collapse like the USSR?
(a) Democracy
(b) The Republic
(c) The Russian Federation
(d) Communism

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

14. Who initially leads the meeting?
(a) The rulers of the Imperium led.
(b) The owner of the mine led the meeting.
(c) Ryszard led the meeting.
(d) No one knew who should lead.

15. How did some people in Chapter 17 view Siberia?
(a) They viewed it as a land ripe with opportunity
(b) They viewed it as a harsh, cold land
(c) They viewed it as a sanctuary
(d) They viewed it as a vast prison

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as a result of the pesticides?

2. How do the people in Moscow feel about the Imperium?

3. How many religious icons were destroyed between 1917 and the 1990s?

4. What happens the the homes in Yakutsk?

5. According to the author, how much of Central Asia was ruined by the Imperium?

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