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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Party so against the publication of Solzhenitsyn's books and his return to the Soviet Union?
(a) He attacked Stalin.
(b) He attacked Lenin.
(c) He attacked Brezhnev.
(d) He attacked Khrushchev.

2. What event in the Ukraine signaled the end of the old Soviet regime?
(a) The release of Sakharov.
(b) Chernobyl.
(c) Metal workers went on strike.
(d) Fall of the Berlin Wall.

3. Where did Sakharov's body lie in state?
(a) Palace of Youth.
(b) Moscow State University.
(c) Hall of Columns.
(d) Palace of Congresses.

4. How did Dmitri Vasiliyev say Russian children were being turned into alcoholics by the Jews?
(a) By slipping alcohol in the yogurt supply.
(b) By placing alcohol in soft drinks.
(c) By putting alcohol in ice cream.
(d) By putting alcohol in pudding.

5. What year did the Bolsheviks size power in Russia?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the most popular politician in the Soviet Union according to "Argumenti i Fakti"?

2. Who was a video healer who appeared on state television?

3. What did Gorbachev use to spread his message?

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

5. Why did Arnold Yeryomenko come to Moscow in June 1988?

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