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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to some of those who executed the Polish officers?
(a) They were court martialed.
(b) They went mad and committed suicide.
(c) They were executed themselves.
(d) They faced military tribunals.

2. What society did Pavel belong to that tells him that there could be enemies anywhere, even at home?
(a) Communist Youth Organization.
(b) Timur Society.
(c) Komsomol.
(d) Stalin Youth.

3. What textbook did Stalin supervise and have fifty million copies published?
(a) History of the Communist Party.
(b) Determinist History.
(c) Let History Judge.
(d) Short Course.

4. In 1968, what was Alexander Dubcek's attempt to create "socialism with a human face" called?
(a) Czechoslovakia Freedom.
(b) Prague Spring.
(c) Czech demonstration.
(d) Czech Socialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did Tretetsky and his men learn on August 21, 1991?

2. Where did Tretetsky serve before being assigned to the Military Prosecutor's Office?

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

4. Which former cellmate of Solzhenitsyn was a role model for Pavel Litvinov?

5. When did Gorbachev give a speech designed to manipulate the historical debate and to "spit on Stalin"?

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