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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Yakovlev when the letter in the Sovetskaya Rossiya was published on March 13?
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Mongolia.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Moscow.

2. What did Gorbachev use to spread his message?
(a) Films.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Television.
(d) Books.

3. What was Karpinsky's job after entering Moscow State University in 1947?
(a) Party leader.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Politician.
(d) Propaganda man.

4. How much would Remnick have been charged for a phone that had the capability to call abroad?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $15.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $150.

5. Who was known as the intellectual architect of perestroika?
(a) Gorbachev.
(b) Brezhnev.
(c) Yakovlev.
(d) Novikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did young Soviet reporters learn how to interview members of the political establishment?

2. Where did Remnick meet a free man who was an itinerant fisherman?

3. How did Yeryomenko learn to speak excellent English?

4. How many Polish officers were killed every night for a month in April of 1940?

5. What kept the Soviet economy going for awhile?

(see the answer key)

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