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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. What do the peoples use to establish order?

2. What is happening to Soviet and Russian symbolism in Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s ?

3. What happened to the beautiful Pink church?

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

5. How do the countries in the Caucasus feel about each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Georgia like?

2. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

3. What is the new Armenia like?

4. What was happening to the buildings in town?

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

6. Why did Ryszard decide that he wanted to go back to the imperium?

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

8. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

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

10. What parts of the Soviet Union did Ryszard want to see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the political and cultural perspective of the Armenians? Give examples of how some of their practices were similar to those of the Communist regime.

Essay Topic 2

Detail the history of the Mafia and its role in the USSR. What were some of the pros and cons of the Mafia?

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the three attitudes the author states foreigners take into the Soviet Union. Determine which attitude the author had, and explain why you believe this was his attitude.

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