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

2. How does Georgia appear to Ryszard compared to Armenia?
(a) It is much more violent than Armenia.
(b) It is more poverty-stricken than Armenia.
(c) It is more focused on the arts than Armenia.
(d) It has more wealth than Armenia.

3. Who does the intelligentsia want to make peace among?
(a) Armenia and Moscow
(b) Armenia and Poland
(c) Armenia and Georgia
(d) The factions.

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

5. What era was that during Ryszard's last visit?
(a) It was the Stalin era.
(b) It was the Brezhnev era.
(c) It was the Bolshevik era.
(d) It was the Lenin era.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Armenia become a Christian country?

2. What is the Armenian intelligentsia concerned about maintaining?

3. When the Berlin wall fall?

4. What were the passengers on the train like?

5. What was Ryszard's final stop in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did the war have on the children?

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

3. What were the three different attitudes foreigners had when entering the Soviet Union?

4. What did Ryszard discover about the government in Armenia?

5. What is Georgia like?

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

7. How is the new Armenia similar to the previous Soviet regime?

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

9. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

10. Describe Moscow in the late 1980s.

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