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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mikhail Leontyev, who studied economics at Plekhanov Institute, do to avoid working for the regime?
(a) Wrote books.
(b) Became an auto mechanic.
(c) Restored old Russian furniture.
(d) Worked on a collective.

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

3. Who became the new KGB chief in 1988?
(a) Vladimir Kryuchkov.
(b) Stepan Khamara.
(c) Jonas Jablonskis.
(d) Viktor Chebrikov.

4. What was General Antonovich Volkogonov assigned to write by the hard-liners in 1990?
(a) A biography of Stalin.
(b) A new official history of the Soviet Union.
(c) A history of the Bolshevik Revolution.
(d) A biography of Stalin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did both Lenin and Stalin use to advertise the Revolution?

2. Who did Volkogonov say was probably responsible for the 1934 murder of Leningrad Party chief Sergei Kirov?

3. In 1989 when the people were to vote for the new Congress of People's Deputies, who wanted sovereignty?

4. What did Dinmukhamed Kunayev's wife want her husband to get for her?

5. What did Gorbachev study at Moscow State University?

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