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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 replaced Ligachev as party ideologist?
2. During the Gorbachev era, what did old women sell in city parks as a vaccine against Aids?
3. Where did Sakharov's body lie in state?
4. How much would foreign television stations have had to pay for a videotape of Sakharov's last days?
5. Who was a video healer who appeared on state television?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was the free man Remnick met on Sakhalin island?
2. When did healers, mystics, and "holy fools" usually come to prominence?
3. How did Yeltsin win his first battle inside the "horror house" of the Soviet system?
4. What did Yuri Savenko, president of the Independent Psychiatric Association, think about the Ministry of Health's cooperation with Kashpirovsky's broadcasts?
5. Who was Miss KGB?
6. What was the Baltic strategy to achieve independence?
7. What happened when Gorbachev withdrew his support for the 500 Days plan?
8. What was different about the May Day parade in Moscow in 1990?
9. What happened when the tanks were sent to Lithuania in January 1991?
10. How did Yeltsin's appeal to the people for resistance to the coup get published in Izvestia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Remnick refers to September of 1990 as a Black September and mentions three omens that occur. Use examples from the book to explain the meaning of these three omens and why they indicated that something ominous was about to happen in the Soviet Union.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
As the true history of Stalin's era is revealed in 1991, the Russian people must learn to deal with the truth and rise above it or be consumed by the truth. Explain how Colonel Aleksandr Tretetsky and Vladimir Tokaryev deal with the truth and show examples that indicate that they represent the two ways that the Russian people deal with the truth.
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