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

2. When did Ryszard come across the Imperium for the second time?
(a) 1948
(b) 1958
(c) 1945
(d) 1950

3. How does Rsyzard view Siberia?
(a) He finds it haunting.
(b) He finds it icy and sinister.
(c) He finds it beautiful.
(d) He finds it welcoming.

4. What did the soldiers take from them?
(a) Coats
(b) Boots
(c) Alcohol
(d) Books

5. What is Aremenian behavior similar to, according to the author?
(a) It's very similar to the previous Soviet regime.
(b) It's similar to the government in the United States.
(c) It's similar a republic.
(d) It's similar to Bolshevik's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

2. What does Ryszard discover about the Armenian political system?

3. What does Ryszard think about nomadism?

4. How tall was the Temple of Christ the Savior?

5. What era was that during Ryszard's last visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ryszard's reaction to the landscape in Siberia?

2. What were the people of Georgia like, according to the author's observations?

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

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

5. What did Ryszard realize about the USSR's power during his third encounter with the Imperium?

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

7. What was happening to the buildings in town?

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

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

10. What is Georgia like?

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