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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. Who was a video healer who appeared on state television?
2. Where did Yelena Chukovskaya send an article appealing to the government to return Solzhenitsyn's citizenship?
3. By the summer of 1990, how many people were quitting the Communist Party?
4. What young politician was elected chairman of the October District in Moscow during the first elections?
5. Who became the new KGB chief in 1988?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Shcharansky's celebration of Hanukkah in Perm-35.
2. Why, for the young, was the West their dream?
3. What did Yuri Savenko, president of the Independent Psychiatric Association, think about the Ministry of Health's cooperation with Kashpirovsky's broadcasts?
4. Why did Yakovlev say that rehabilitation was an act of repentance?
5. How did one of Parkomenko's investigative reports cause a terrific scandal?
6. What was the Baltic strategy to achieve independence?
7. What was "The Charity Society"?
8. Who was Edward Lee Howard?
9. What was different about the May Day parade in Moscow in 1990?
10. What happened when Gorbachev withdrew his support for the 500 Days plan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In 1989, healers were seen on television shows that were broadcast across the Soviet Union. Explain why the people turned to miracles and the supernatural and why the Party allowed and promoted this indulgence.
Essay Topic 2
During the Gorbachev era, there was loosening of restrictions and a small shift toward truth. Compare the Stalin era and the Gorbachev era, and show what changed, what did not change, and how, in some ways, the Gorbachev era retained elements from Stalin's days. Use examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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