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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 is Ryszard's take on the Red Army?

2. According to Ryszard, if the Russian people are united by land, can they be united by blood with the Imperium?

3. What happened as a result of the pesticides?

4. What did the Imperium bring into Uzbekistan in the 1960s?

5. How did the people of Baku react to the idea of freedom of thought?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the weather in Vorkuta.

2. Describe the Red Army and what Ryszard feels about it.

3. What was the city of Baku like?

4. What was the Karabakh are like?

5. Describe the airport in Syktyvkar.

6. Describe Ryszard's observation on the Nationalist.

7. Describe what happened in Ufa.

8. Describe the landscape of the republics in Central Asia.

9. Describe the feelings the elite in Moscow had for the Imperium.

10. What happened to the churches in Russia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout this book, the people struggled against the suppression of the Communist regime. Explain what roles they took to fight back and whether or not they were successful.

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

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.

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