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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Party so against the publication of Solzhenitsyn's books and his return to the Soviet Union?
(a) He attacked Brezhnev.
(b) He attacked Khrushchev.
(c) He attacked Lenin.
(d) He attacked Stalin.

2. What was the name of the last prison for political prisoners?
(a) Perm-35.
(b) Solovetsk Special Camp.
(c) Magadan.
(d) Kolyma.

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

4. What did Orwell call a KGB type organization?
(a) The Ministry of Propaganda.
(b) The Ministry of Love.
(c) The Ministry of Truth.
(d) The Ministry of Public Control.

5. Who was Miss KGB?
(a) Larisa Bogoraz.
(b) Katya Mayorova.
(c) Valentina Alisovna.
(d) Regina Bogachova.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a self-proclaimed pioneer of Soviet capitalism who set up a private commodities brokerage?

2. How much would Remnick have been charged for a phone that had the capability to call abroad?

3. What young politician was elected chairman of the October District in Moscow during the first elections?

4. Who was the television czar who stopped the television stations from broadcasting news about Lithuania?

5. What event in the Ukraine signaled the end of the old Soviet regime?

(see the answer key)

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