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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the return of history begin?
(a) With Kukushkin in 1981.
(b) With Khruschev in 1956.
(c) With Solzhenitsyn in 1974.
(d) With Gorbachev in 1985.

2. When did Gorbachev give a speech designed to manipulate the historical debate and to "spit on Stalin"?
(a) November 2, 1987.
(b) November 16, 1985.
(c) November 4, 1990.
(d) December 5, 1987.

3. Who was one of the key plotters in the August coup?
(a) Vladimir Tokaryev.
(b) Gorbachev.
(c) Valery Boldin.
(d) Tretetsky.

4. How many Polish officers were killed every night for a month in April of 1940?
(a) 150.
(b) 12.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 250.

5. Which former cellmate of Solzhenitsyn was a role model for Pavel Litvinov?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Shalamov.
(c) Kopelev.
(d) Sinyavsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Remnick see when he was talking to an old man whose wife had leukemia?

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

3. Who was Bukharian's wife?

4. In 1974, who was the first man forcibly exiled from the Soviet Union since Trotsky?

5. What was Pavel's sentence for demonstrating at Red Square in 1968?

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