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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 Vorkuta known as?

2. Where does Ryszard attend the play?

3. What does Ryszard think of the news at the meeting?

4. What does Ryszard do when he returns to Moscow from Magadan?

5. How did some people in Chapter 17 view Siberia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Karabakh are like?

3. Describe Ryszard's observation on the Nationalist.

4. What was a main problem that people faced with the cotton fields?

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

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

7. Describe the weather in Vorkuta.

8. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

9. Describe the airport in Syktyvkar.

10. What were some of the challenges Ryszard faced when he tried to fly to Nagorno-Karabkah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Even though the USSR had power over the southern republics, they still managed to hold onto some of their traditions. Describe some of the traditions and explain why it was important for the people to hold onto them.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why were people in the USSR struggling with the concept of identity? What people groups were most affected by the concept of To identity and why?

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