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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 was one of the difficulties Ryszard had to face when he decided to go back to visit the Imperium?

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

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

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

5. What was the prominent religious belief portrayed in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was school like for Ryszard?

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

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

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

5. What happened to Ryszard and his mother and sister when they are traveling?

6. What were the people of Georgia like, according to the author's observations?

7. What effect did the war have on Ryszard's family?

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

9. What were the three different attitudes foreigners had when entering the Soviet Union?

10. How did Ryszard feel about the barbed wire barriers and dogs? What did they remind him of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

With is the importance of religion in the USSR? What were the main religions? What were the pros and cons of each of the religions? How did the people of the different religious groups interact with each other?

Essay Topic 3

What natural resources did the USSR have? Describe how these natural resources affected the lives of those who lived near them.

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