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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1991, what do the miners want?
(a) Soap.
(b) Better working conditions.
(c) The end of the system.
(d) More food.

2. Remnick saw a man with no legs on his way to the Lenin Library. How was the man getting around?
(a) Using a wagon.
(b) Using a wheelchair.
(c) Pushing himself on a dolly cart.
(d) Using crutches.

3. Where did Stalin study?
(a) A Russian orthodox seminary.
(b) Historical Archives Institute.
(c) Military Collegium.
(d) Scientific Industrial Union.

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

5. In Magnitogorsk, how much was sunlight was reduced by pollution?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 10 percent.
(c) 25 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Tretetsky receiving phone calls all day on August 19, 1991?

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

3. During the Gorbachev era, what did old women sell in city parks as a vaccine against Aids?

4. Where did Sakharov's body lie in state?

5. Who wrote the saga of Rome's decline and fall?

(see the answer key)

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