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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Solzhenitsyn want Novy Mir to publish first?
(a) The Gulag Archipelago.
(b) Cancer Ward.
(c) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
(d) First Circle.

2. What was the radical opposition faction called that Sakharov, Yeltsin, and Popov put together in the legislature?
(a) Perestroika.
(b) Inter-Regional Group.
(c) The Freedom Group.
(d) The New Party.

3. Who started what was billed as the first independent newspaper in the Soviet Union?
(a) Karaulov.
(b) Shatrov.
(c) Tretyakov.
(d) Karpinsky.

4. How did some miners get to their work stations in Sinegorsk?
(a) Down twisting, dangerous steps.
(b) Sliding and creeping along stone.
(c) On elevators.
(d) Down broad stairwells.

5. How was Russian Orthodox Priest Aleksandr Men murdered?
(a) With an axe.
(b) Pushed off a train.
(c) Shot in the back.
(d) Mugged, beaten, and left for dead.

6. Why did the workers strike at Novocherkassk in June 1962?
(a) The prices of food went up and their wages went down.
(b) They wanted better hours.
(c) They wanted better working conditions.
(d) They wanted soap.

7. In the October Region, what did entreprenueur Sterligov set up as a place where like-minded tycoons could get together and make plans?
(a) Young Millionaires Club.
(b) Entreprenuers Club.
(c) Free Market Club.
(d) The Brokerage House.

8. What did the battle over the draft for a new history book represent to Yazov?
(a) Young men ignoring their draft notices.
(b) Struggle for power in the Soviet Union.
(c) Disrespect for the system.
(d) The trend toward democracy.

9. How much was a million Russian rubles worth on the open market in the late 1980s?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $25,000.

10. Who came from Iowa to coach baseball?
(a) Bob Protexter.
(b) Alex Pryor.
(c) Richard Spooner.
(d) David Kauffman.

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

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

13. What country did Trivimi Velliste, president of the Estonian Heritage Society, use as an example for the road to Independence?
(a) Germany.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) India.
(d) Poland.

14. Who wrote the saga of Rome's decline and fall?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Gibbon.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Pope Gregory I.

15. What major event in Soviet history was preserved the longest?
(a) The terror of the czars.
(b) The history of the collectives.
(c) Victory against Nazi Germany.
(d) The Bolshevik Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Miss KGB?

3. Which Russian author wrote about Sakhalin Island?

4. How did the Baltic republics win their independence?

5. Who did the people elect as president in June 1991?

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