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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Gorbachev study at Moscow State University?
2. What happened to some of those who executed the Polish officers?
3. How did Alik the wanderer Remnick met at the Kazan Station, get money?
4. When did the return of history begin?
5. What does Remnick compare Memorial to?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Yakovlev know that the article "I Cannot Forsake Principles" was sanctioned?
2. What gnawing uncertainty is the condition of life in the Soviet Union for an empire inhabited by holocaust survivors and the children of survivors?
3. Was the corruption in the Party a secret to the Soviet people?
4. What was Vremya?
5. Why was the Communist Party doomed to failure after they lost control of history?
6. Why did the salmon catch rot on Sakhalin Island?
7. How did Mukhamed Valsapar in Turkmenia stir up the Party?
8. Why did Natasha Rapoport not emigrate to Israel?
9. Who is Lydia Chukovskaya?
10. How did Stalin gain absolute control over history?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Boris Yeltsin's acceptance speech when he becomes president, he calls himself and the people citizens. Argue that during the reign of the Communist Party, the people of the Soviet Union may have been citizens (inhabitants), but they were not given the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Use examples from the novel to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
Some have said that the under socialism in the Soviet Union everyone was equal, equally poor. Argue that socialism caused the extreme poverty that the Soviet People endured using specific examples from the book to support your opinions.
Essay Topic 3
The poem "Requiem" by Anna Akhmatova became a voice for the organization Memorial. Explain how the poem and the experiences of the poet made this poem a suitable voice and a credo for remembering the victims of the Soviet regime.
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