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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 many people attended the meeting at the Vargashovska mine?
(a) The only attendees were the miners.
(b) The only attendees were the speakers.
(c) The place was half filled.
(d) The hall was filled.

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

3. All of the following were ways to get into the Kremlin except for which?
(a) a summons
(b) A tourist day pass
(c) The museum
(d) A congress

4. What weather did Ryszard encounter when he flew into Vorkuta?
(a) Dangerously frigid temperatures
(b) Torrential downpours
(c) Dangerous snowstorms
(d) An incredible heatwave

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the actor feel about the Jews?

2. All of the following were active mafia groups in the former USSR except for which:

3. What did Ryszard like about Baku?

4. What happened as a result of the pesticides?

5. What did Rsyzard's third contact think of the rulers in the Kremlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the airport in Syktyvkar.

2. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

3. What was a main problem that people faced with the cotton fields?

4. Describe the Nationalist movement.

5. Describe the Red Army and what Ryszard feels about it.

6. Describe the Kremlin.

7. Describe the feelings the elite in Moscow had for the Imperium.

8. Describe the weather in Vorkuta.

9. What where the crops in Uzbekistan like?

10. Describe the hotel atmosphere in Yakutsk.

(see the answer keys)

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