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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Intro and Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?
(a) 1672.
(b) 1772.
(c) 1762.
(d) 1775.

2. Who did those first to colonize Russia choose as their ruler?
(a) The Manchourian Emperor.
(b) The Scandinavian Russ.
(c) The Georgian King.
(d) The Pope.

3. When did the Jewish community of Poland establish itself?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The Inquisition.

4. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) Hebrew.

5. What was Volodya's family concerned with?
(a) That Volodya's nephew would be sent to war.
(b) That Potok was a KGB agent.
(c) That Volodya's nephew will get their exit visa.
(d) That they would go to prison for talking to Potok.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Volodya's nephew old enough for?

2. What means of transportation did Potok and his wife take for the last leg of their trip to meet Volodya?

3. What was Volodya's family excited to learn?

4. Where did Chaim Potok live when the Jews in Russia tried to obtain freedom?

5. When did Potok and his wife arrive in Moscow at the start of the Prologue?

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