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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Solomon's wife's name?
(a) Masha.
(b) Yollanda.
(c) Fanya.
(d) Irena.

2. Why didn't Masha want to become a surgeon?
(a) She would have to join the Communist party.
(b) She didn't want to work with male doctors.
(c) She couldn't work in a non-Jewish hospital.
(d) She couldn't spare the time because of her child.

3. When did Stalin die?
(a) March 5, 1951.
(b) March 5, 1953.
(c) April 5, 1953.
(d) March 5, 1952.

4. Why was the letter sent from pretend relatives in Israel not used?
(a) It was confiscated by the KGB.
(b) It was written in Hebrew.
(c) Volodya's family names were misspelled.
(d) The rules for applying were changed.

5. When was the area known today as Russia first colonized?
(a) 8th century.
(b) 7th century.
(c) 6th century.
(d) 10th century.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Khrushchev deliver his speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?

2. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

3. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

4. What did Volodya tell his father that greatly upset Solomon?

5. How many countries were represented in the second Congress of the Comintern?

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