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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city did the Party cancel the May Day parade in 1990?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Irkutsk.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Leningrad.

2. During what years had Lithuania been a free country?
(a) 1920-1932.
(b) 1840-1858.
(c) 1898-1935.
(d) 1918 to 1940.

3. How did young Soviet reporters learn how to interview members of the political establishment?
(a) By asking reporters from Britain questions.
(b) By taking classes in the West.
(c) By talking with reporters from the U.S.
(d) By watching Western reporters.

4. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?
(a) The Nazis.
(b) The French.
(c) The Czechs.
(d) The Poles.

5. Where did Men teach courses on religion?
(a) A large church in Moscow.
(b) Historical Archives Institute.
(c) Moscow State University.
(d) His local church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did economist Stanislav Shatalin think it would be before the Soviet Union would have a modern economy?

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

3. Who was the first CIA operative ever to defect to the Soviet Union and the KGB?

4. What did Gorbachev study at Moscow State University?

5. What was the radical opposition faction called that Sakharov, Yeltsin, and Popov put together in the legislature?

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