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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 a positive aspect of the churches?

2. What is the Syktyvkar airport like?

3. When the author arrived in his hometown of Pinks, who did he find in church?

4. How did Galina Starovoytova in Moscow help Ryszard?

5. What weather did Ryszard encounter when he flew into Vorkuta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the churches in Russia?

2. What was the city of Baku like?

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

4. What where the crops in Uzbekistan like?

5. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

6. Describe the weather in Vorkuta.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the political and cultural perspective of the Armenians? Give examples of how some of their practices were similar to those of the Communist regime.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of the Kremlin. How did Ryszard get in, and what were his observations once he entered the Kremlin?

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