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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dmitri Yorosov when he started filling out index cards with the names of people who disappeared?
(a) 25 years old.
(b) 11 years old.
(c) 30 years old.
(d) 18 years old.

2. What group was attacked sometime between the Andreyeva affair and the Nineteenth Party Conference in June 1988?
(a) Chuvash.
(b) Ukrainians.
(c) Crimean Tatars.
(d) Jews.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Tretetsky receiving phone calls all day on August 19, 1991?

2. Who was one of the key plotters in the August coup?

3. What kept the Soviet economy going for awhile?

4. When did Gorbachev take office?

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

(see the answer key)

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