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

2. What kept the Soviet economy going for awhile?
(a) Oil revenue and the energy crisis.
(b) Exports of wheat.
(c) Steel production.
(d) Tourism.

3. What did Remnick see when he was talking to an old man whose wife had leukemia?
(a) Men playing dominoes.
(b) A cat thrown out of a window.
(c) An old grandmother.
(d) A tenant evicted.

4. In 1974, who was the first man forcibly exiled from the Soviet Union since Trotsky?
(a) Brezhnev.
(b) Solzhenitsyn.
(c) Gefter.
(d) Medvedev.

5. How many Polish soldiers were killed the first night in Kalinin?
(a) 15.
(b) 300.
(c) 500.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who would be undermined if the truth about the massacres is revealed?

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

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

5. In English, what is the title of Yerofeyev's book?

(see the answer key)

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