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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Vorkuta known as?
(a) It's known as a holy place of martyrdom.
(b) It's known as a good place for business.
(c) It's known an ideal place to raise a family.
(d) It's known a the happiest place on Earth.

3. What did Ryszard carry with him?
(a) He carried an important letter of introduction from Galina.
(b) He carried the list of contacts stashed in his shoe.
(c) He carried fresh bread.
(d) He carried old Armenian chronicles,

4. What did Fiodorov believe was the most important idea in Christianity?
(a) Resurrection
(b) Peace
(c) Love
(d) Joy

5. What did they do before the meeting?
(a) They reviewed the notes for the meeting.
(b) They elected a new president.
(c) They watched sports on an old television.
(d) They performed a traditional ritual.

6. 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.

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

8. What was the irony of the churches?
(a) They were museums that attacked religion.
(b) They never had visitors.
(c) They were the only structures in the cities to survive the violence brought on by communism.
(d) They made people pay to get in.

9. 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 brand new theater
(d) In a 300-year-old theater

10. According to the author, how much of Central Asia was ruined by the Imperium?
(a) All of Central Asia
(b) 1/4
(c) 3/4
(d) Half

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

12. What are the workers told at the meeting?
(a) They are told that they are gong to begin receiving health benefits.
(b) They are told that they have secured trade relations with the West.
(c) They are told that they are going to each get a raise according to their seniority.
(d) They are told that 1/4 of them are going to lose their jobs.

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

14. What is a gulag?
(a) A special dessert
(b) A prison camp
(c) A rare type of tree
(d) A type of train

15. How did the play portray the October Revolution?
(a) As an international conspiracy against the Russian nation
(b) As a turning point in history
(c) As a mistake
(d) As a time for great celebration

Short Answer Questions

1. What was happening at the meeting Ryszard attended at the Vargashovska mine?

2. All of the following were ways to get into the Kremlin except for which?

3. How did the people of Baku react to the idea of freedom of thought?

4. Who dominates the republic of Yakutia?

5. How many counties was Turkestan split into by the Bolsheviks in 1924?

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