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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?
(a) Italy.
(b) Israel.
(c) Russia.
(d) Armenia and Georgia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the Russian Empire virtually free of Jews until?

3. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?

4. When did the Slepak family finally get their visa out of Russia?

5. How did the Russians view the Jews during much of the history of the country?

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