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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would be undermined if the truth about the massacres is revealed?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The KGB.
(c) The Polish Communists.
(d) Gorbachev.

2. When did Gorbachev take office?
(a) March 1985.
(b) March 1986.
(c) January 1985.
(d) December 1984.

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

4. In English, what is the title of Yerofeyev's book?
(a) Moscow Circles.
(b) Train Routes.
(c) To Moscow and Back.
(d) Around Moscow.

5. What statue was across the street from Remnick's apartment?
(a) Lenin's.
(b) Dolguriki's.
(c) Dimitrov's.
(d) Mayakovsky's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of Tretetsky's equipment was sabotaged?

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

3. How did Dmitri Vasiliyev say Russian children were being turned into alcoholics by the Jews?

4. What made Remnick realize that the threats against the Jews in 1988 were serious?

5. What play did Yegor Ligachev and other Party ideologues object to?

(see the answer key)

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