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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What film inspired Dmitri Yurasov when he was working as a laborer after being fired from the Supreme Court?
(a) The Wishing Tree.
(b) Supplication.
(c) Ivan Denisovich.
(d) Repentance.

2. Approximately how many prisoners died working on the Moscow-Volga Canal built from 1932 to 1937?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 500,000.

3. How big was Remnick's Moscow apartment?
(a) Five rooms.
(b) Four rooms.
(c) One room.
(d) Two rooms.

4. Why did Arnold Yeryomenko come to Moscow in June 1988?
(a) To get a book published.
(b) To attend the Nineteenth Party Conference.
(c) To do an interview for a newspaper article.
(d) To meet with fellow Party leaders.

5. Remnick saw a man with no legs on his way to the Lenin Library. How was the man getting around?
(a) Using a wagon.
(b) Using a wheelchair.
(c) Using crutches.
(d) Pushing himself on a dolly cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Stalin study?

2. When did Gorbachev give a speech designed to manipulate the historical debate and to "spit on Stalin"?

3. In 1968, what was Alexander Dubcek's attempt to create "socialism with a human face" called?

4. What statue was across the street from Remnick's apartment?

5. What is the setting for the books Journey into the Whirlwind and The Burn.

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