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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Remnick tell Flora Litvinov he was looking for?
(a) Kaganovich.
(b) Kopelev.
(c) Maksim.
(d) Pavel.

2. Who succeeded Brezhnev?
(a) Andropov.
(b) Gorbachev.
(c) Brodsky.
(d) Sakharov.

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

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

5. When did Gorbachev give a speech designed to manipulate the historical debate and to "spit on Stalin"?
(a) November 2, 1987.
(b) November 4, 1990.
(c) December 5, 1987.
(d) November 16, 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1974, who was the first man forcibly exiled from the Soviet Union since Trotsky?

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

3. How many index cards did Dmitri Yurosov manage to accumulate in eighteen months at the archive of the Supreme Court?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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