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

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 Khrushchev.
(b) He attacked Brezhnev.
(c) He attacked Stalin.
(d) He attacked Lenin.

2. How did Yeryomenko learn to speak excellent English?
(a) Living in Britain.
(b) Living in the United States.
(c) Listening to Radio Liberty, Voice of America, and the BBC.
(d) He has an American tutor.

3. During the Gorbachev era, what did old women sell in city parks as a vaccine against Aids?
(a) Herbal sachets.
(b) Copper bracelets.
(c) Magnets.
(d) Bottled medicines made mostly of alcohol.

4. Where did Aleksandr Yakovlev almost die during World War II?
(a) A battlefield outside Moscow.
(b) A battlefield outside Stalingrad.
(c) A battlefield outside Berlin.
(d) A battlefield outside Leningrad.

5. What sport was popular in the Soviet Union in the seventies?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Football.
(d) Baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the official indoctrination into the Soviet dogma begin?

2. How many index cards did Dmitri Yurosov manage to accumulate in eighteen months at the archive of the Supreme Court?

3. How much would foreign television stations have had to pay for a videotape of Sakharov's last days?

4. What young politician was elected chairman of the October District in Moscow during the first elections?

5. What country did Trivimi Velliste, president of the Estonian Heritage Society, use as an example for the road to Independence?

(see the answer key)

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