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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. How do Ninnik and Ryszard view the city of Azerbaijan?
(a) They view the city from an airplane.
(b) They view the city from a mountain at night.
(c) They view the city using maps from ancient and modern texts.
(d) They view the city from a mountain at the height of the day.

2. What was the food like in Ryszard's life?
(a) They had every choice of food imaginable.
(b) It was plentiful.
(c) It was scarce.
(d) It was fine if you like eating only potatoes.

3. How tall was the Temple of Christ the Savior?
(a) 2 stories tall
(b) 30 stories tall
(c) 20 stories tall
(d) 13 stories tall

4. When did Armenia become a Christian country?
(a) 1991
(b) 301
(c) 1831
(d) 1301

5. How long was the Temple of Christ the Savior in operation?
(a) 75 years
(b) Eight years
(c) 48 years
(d) 200 years

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who built the Temple of Christ the Savior?

3. What is so genius about the Russians according to Ryszard?

4. What did the soldiers take from them?

5. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did the war have on Ryszard's family?

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

3. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

4. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

5. Describe Moscow in the late 1980s.

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

7. What did Ryszard learn from Leonid P during his travels to Baku?

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

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

10. What was the history of the Temple of Christ the Savior between 1812 in 1883?

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