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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first CIA operative ever to defect to the Soviet Union and the KGB?
(a) Edward Howard.
(b) Andrew Holmes.
(c) John Smythe.
(d) David Johnson.

2. How did Alik the wanderer Remnick met at the Kazan Station, get money?
(a) He was a pickpocket.
(b) He would unload the vodka delivery truck.
(c) He would hold a place in line for people at a store.
(d) He collected empties.

3. What did both Lenin and Stalin use to advertise the Revolution?
(a) Books.
(b) Cinema.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Newspapers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did some followers compare Father Aleksandr Men?

2. In 1974, who was the first man forcibly exiled from the Soviet Union since Trotsky?

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

4. When did Gorbachev take office?

5. When was Sakharov allowed to return to Moscow?

(see the answer key)

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