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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Bukharian's wife?
(a) Nina Andreyeva.
(b) Larisa Bogoraz.
(c) Anna Larina.
(d) Zoya Belayeva.

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

3. What was the news on August 19, 1991?
(a) That Gorbachev had died.
(b) That the State Committee had assumed power.
(c) That there is an uprising in the Ukraine.
(d) That there is an uprising in the Balkan states.

4. What was the work site where Colonel Tretetsky and his men worked?
(a) An old factory.
(b) A bridge.
(c) Mass graves.
(d) A deserted village.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Dmitri Yorosov when he started filling out index cards with the names of people who disappeared?

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

4. What textbook did Stalin supervise and have fifty million copies published?

5. What happened to some of those who executed the Polish officers?

(see the answer key)

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