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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Communist authorities prevent Russians from listening to news from the West?
(a) They prevented large emissions tower from being put next to their borders.
(b) They didn't allow personal radios.
(c) They scrambled frequencies used by the West.
(d) The radios were limited to Russians frequencies.

2. How many people died of malnourishment after the Bolsheviks took power?
(a) 15 millions.
(b) 20 millions.
(c) 10 millions.
(d) 25 millions.

3. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) The creation of the Jewish state.
(c) Russian prosecution.
(d) The Armenian genocide.

4. Why did Volodya leave his job after he decided to emigrate?
(a) He was fired.
(b) He needed a recommandation from his employer.
(c) He wanted to focus on his application.
(d) He needed to leave the country.

5. What did Volodya ask Potok and his wife not to do until they were inside the apartment?
(a) Speak Hebrew.
(b) Give gifts.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many delegates formed the second Congress of the Comintern?

2. How many men did Solomon command against the Japanese?

3. Who persecuted the Jews of the Black Sea during the first century of the Common Era?

4. Who was in the apartment Volodya brought Potok and his wife to?

5. What was the main consequence of asking for a visa in Soviet Russia?

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