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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Tretetsky receiving phone calls all day on August 19, 1991?
(a) He is told by the KGB to stop digging.
(b) He is told that Gorbachev has died.
(c) He is told about the coup.
(d) He is told that he is being sent additional men.

2. What was the legacy of collectivization?
(a) More than seven thousand ruined villages.
(b) Young people moved to the farms to work there.
(c) The peasants increased their standard of living.
(d) Food production increased.

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

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

5. Where was Geidar Aliyev the Party boss for two decades?
(a) Lenigrad.
(b) Azerbaijan.
(c) Kazakhstan.
(d) Ukraine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much would Remnick have been charged for a phone that had the capability to call abroad?

2. What happened to the Eveni once they were herded into villages by the Soviets?

3. How did inmates from the Kolyma camps learn that Aleksandr Medvedev had died?

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

5. Where did Gorbachev grow up?

(see the answer key)

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