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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Gorbachev born?
(a) May 1929.
(b) April 1932.
(c) June 1928.
(d) March 1931.

2. What was the title of the letter published in the Sovetskaya Rossiya that contradicted everything Gorbachev, Yakovlev, and the liberal intelligentsia had been saying?
(a) I Cannot Forsake Principles.
(b) Nina's Letter.
(c) History of Socialism.
(d) A Letter from a Chemistry Teacher.

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

4. Who was one of the key plotters in the August coup?
(a) Tretetsky.
(b) Vladimir Tokaryev.
(c) Valery Boldin.
(d) Gorbachev.

5. What play did Yegor Ligachev and other Party ideologues object to?
(a) Bravo, Rosa.
(b) Onward, Onward, Onward.
(c) Forward, Forward.
(d) Ninotchka.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yeryomenko learn to speak excellent English?

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

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

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

5. What kept the Soviet economy going for awhile?

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