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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ryszard smell in the air in Baku?
(a) Fish
(b) Smoke
(c) Oil
(d) Sulfer

2. What is the atmosphere when the plane lands and people from Armenia meet with their families?
(a) The atmosphere is tense since they know the relatives are hesitant to meet them.
(b) It's just like any other day since they see each other so frequently.
(c) They are overjoyed since they have not seen each other in a very long time.
(d) They are wary of their reception.

3. What was the political atmosphere in Poland in 1939?
(a) War is everywhere.
(b) They are choosing new leaders.
(c) It's a time of historical peace.
(d) The peasants are protesting.

4. What do the red banners signify to the travelers?
(a) They copy the country's flag.
(b) They are variations of the swastika flags.
(c) They are welcoming the travelers into the Soviet Union.
(d) They are reminders of bloodshed in the past.

5. What does Ryszard encounter in Matenadaran?
(a) He encounters a wealth of religious texts.
(b) He encounters a community where all books were destroyed.
(c) He encounters a thriving publishing community.
(d) He encounters ancient books.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ryszard when he is caught by the Soviet soldiers?

2. What happened to the churches in Moscow during the Bolshevik revolution?

3. How do the countries in the Caucasus feel about each other?

4. What is Aremenian behavior similar to, according to the author?

5. What was Ryszard' destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rsyzard say about the borders in regard to ethnocentrism?

2. What was Rsyzard's overall viewpoint on his traveling situation on the train?

3. What happened to Ryszard and his mother and sister when they are traveling?

4. What is the new Armenia like?

5. What are some of the concerns of the intelligencia?

6. What was unique about the women in Tajikstan, and was their uniqueness easy to come by?

7. How did Ryszard feel about the barbed wire barriers and dogs? What did they remind him of?

8. Why did Ryszard decide that he wanted to go back to the imperium?

9. What was it like living in Poland after September of 1939?

10. What was happening to the buildings in town?

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