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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 went mad and committed suicide.
(b) They faced military tribunals.
(c) They were executed themselves.
(d) They were court martialed.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the return of history begin?

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

3. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?

4. In 1968, what was Alexander Dubcek's attempt to create "socialism with a human face" called?

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

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