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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Tretetsky receiving phone calls all day on August 19, 1991?
(a) He is told about the coup.
(b) He is told that he is being sent additional men.
(c) He is told that Gorbachev has died.
(d) He is told by the KGB to stop digging.

3. Who would be undermined if the truth about the massacres is revealed?
(a) The Polish Communists.
(b) The KGB.
(c) Gorbachev.
(d) The Nazis.

4. How many years did Bukharian's wife spend in prison or exile?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. What piece of Tretetsky's equipment was sabotaged?
(a) A tank.
(b) A bulldozer.
(c) A backhoe.
(d) A tractor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was Remnick's Moscow apartment?

2. Who was one of the key plotters in the August coup?

3. When did Gorbachev take office?

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

5. Who was Bukharian's wife?

(see the answer key)

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