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

2. Remnick saw a man with no legs on his way to the Lenin Library. How was the man getting around?
(a) Using a wagon.
(b) Using a wheelchair.
(c) Using crutches.
(d) Pushing himself on a dolly cart.

3. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The Czechs.
(c) The French.
(d) The Poles.

4. What news did Tretetsky and his men learn on August 21, 1991?
(a) The coup was successful.
(b) Gorbachev has stepped down.
(c) They have to stop digging.
(d) The coup has failed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gorbachev take office?

2. How many Polish officers were killed every night for a month in April of 1940?

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

4. Who did Remnick tell Flora Litvinov he was looking for?

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

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