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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 movement is spreading across the land?

2. Who dominates the republic of Yakutia?

3. What happened to two out of three of Ryszard's contacts?

4. What fills the Caucasus?

5. What does he feel about the people of Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did people work in Vorkuta, and what type of people worked there?

2. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

3. Describe the Kremlin.

4. Describe the hotel atmosphere in Yakutsk.

5. What happened to the churches in Russia?

6. Describe the pros and cons of living in Yatusk.

7. What did the actor in the play say about Russia and the October Revolution?

8. Why did some of the people who lived under the USSR struggle with nationality?

9. What were the people in Baku like?

10. Describe the Nationalist movement.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Central Asia and the changes that happened to it during the 1900s. How did the Bolsheviks change Central Asia, and what effect did the Imperium have on the area?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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