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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. How old is Ryszard when he is caught by the Soviet soldiers?

2. What railroad was Ryszard traveling on the second time he encountered the Imperium?

3. Who controls Armenia in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

4. What do the red banners signify to the travelers?

5. What did Ryszard find in Georgia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Armenia contribute to world literature?

2. What is the new Armenia like?

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

4. What was happening to the buildings in town?

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

6. Why was the mosque in Uzbekistan so unique?

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

8. What is Georgia like?

9. Describe Moscow in the late 1980s.

10. How is nomadism considered in Turkmenistan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Loking toward the future, what did the Russian people feel was in store for them according to the author? Address structural changes as well as geographic and cultural changes.

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

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

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