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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Remnick saw a man with no legs on his way to the Lenin Library. How was the man getting around?
(a) Pushing himself on a dolly cart.
(b) Using crutches.
(c) Using a wheelchair.
(d) Using a wagon.

2. Who refused to be interviewed by Remnick during the first session of Congress?
(a) Gorbachev.
(b) Yuri Vlasov.
(c) Viktor Chebrikov.
(d) Sakharov.

3. How did inmates from the Kolyma camps learn that Aleksandr Medvedev had died?
(a) They were told by the camp commandant.
(b) The camp foreman was wearing Medvedev's wool jacket.
(c) They saw him shot.
(d) The camp commandant was wearing Medvedev's wool hat.

4. What group threatened the Jews in Leningrad, Moscow, and Novosibirsk?
(a) Armenians.
(b) Pamyat.
(c) Estonians.
(d) KGB.

5. What happened to some of those who executed the Polish officers?
(a) They went mad and committed suicide.
(b) They were court martialed.
(c) They were executed themselves.
(d) They faced military tribunals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the last prison for political prisoners?

2. What was Karpinsky's job after entering Moscow State University in 1947?

3. What was the legacy of collectivization?

4. When did Sakharov die?

5. What society did Pavel belong to that tells him that there could be enemies anywhere, even at home?

(see the answer key)

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