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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 did Moscow looked like to Ryszard when he visited during the late 1980s?

2. What does Leonid think Armenia might do?

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

4. What was Ryszard' destination?

5. What towns do the travelers go through on their journey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Georgia like?

9. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the important the freedom of thought. How did it affect the people of the USSR? How is freedom of thought important to a culture on the whole?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Siberia and northern Canada. Explain why the author made this comparison.

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