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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 fills the Caucasus?
(a) A movement to support the government
(b) Blood revolts
(c) A feeling of hope
(d) Peaceful protests

2. What problem did Ufa face?
(a) Stripped mines
(b) Severe snowstorms
(c) Poisoning by phenol
(d) Unsanitary conditions

3. All of the following were active mafia groups in the former USSR except for which:
(a) Russian mafia
(b) Nationalist mafia
(c) Asiatic mafia
(d) Caucasian mafia

4. What does Ryszard think of the news at the meeting?
(a) He thinks they are developing a good business strategy.
(b) He has reservations abo0ut their decision.
(c) He knows it is false.
(d) He is excited for the miners.

5. What did the people who grew up under the USSR lack?
(a) A family history
(b) A national identity
(c) Clothing
(d) Basic schooling

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Shalamov, what is the West built on?

2. Who ruled the area under Khrushchev and Brezhnev?

3. What is the Syktyvkar airport like?

4. What did they do before the meeting?

5. What were many of the agreements and disagreements over?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the pros and cons of living in Yatusk.

2. Describe Magadan.

3. What was the Karabakh are like?

4. What is the role of the Imperium in Yakutsk?

5. Describe Ryszard's observation on the Nationalist.

6. What was the city of Baku like?

7. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

8. What did Ryszard notice about the Kremlin?

9. Describe what happened in Ufa.

10. Describe the landscape of the republics in Central Asia.

(see the answer keys)

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