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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was known as the intellectual architect of perestroika?
(a) Novikov.
(b) Yakovlev.
(c) Brezhnev.
(d) Gorbachev.

2. What did Gorbachev study at Moscow State University?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Law.
(c) History.
(d) Science.

3. Who was a video healer who appeared on state television?
(a) Kashpirovsky.
(b) Rasputin.
(c) Obolensky.
(d) Arbatov.

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

5. When did Gorbachev take office?
(a) March 1985.
(b) January 1985.
(c) December 1984.
(d) March 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group threatened the Jews in Leningrad, Moscow, and Novosibirsk?

2. Remnick saw a man with no legs on his way to the Lenin Library. How was the man getting around?

3. How did Yeryomenko learn to speak excellent English?

4. In the October Region, what did entreprenueur Sterligov set up as a place where like-minded tycoons could get together and make plans?

5. What American movie was shown to students at the Moscow Higher Party School?

(see the answer key)

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