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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ryszard come across the Imperium for the second time?

2. What do the scarves the children wear have on them?

3. What do they find in Zabaykal-sk?

4. How did the travelers view time on the trip?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

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

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

4. What happened to the Temple in the 20th century?

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

6. What is Georgia like?

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

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

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

10. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Ryszard traveled, he noticed that the cultures were very different between cities. Select two cities that had very different cultures and compare and contrast them.

Essay Topic 2

What led up to the collapse of the USSR? With the collapse predictable, and how did people react?

Essay Topic 3

What was the role of the Imperium? how did people react to it? What eventually happened to it?

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