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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 did the Jews who survived in Russia ask for more freedom?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1980s.

2. What was the capital of the first country created by the first settlers in Russia?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Volvograd.
(c) Stalingrad.
(d) Moscow.

3. Who was Potok's agent in 1987?
(a) Owen Laster.
(b) Joseph Marks.
(c) Mark Standal.
(d) Igor Stenko.

4. When did the Slepak family finally get their visa out of Russia?
(a) October 1987.
(b) October 1986.
(c) October 1985.
(d) October 1988.

5. How was the first country created by the first settlers in Russia named?
(a) U.S.S.R.
(b) Kievan Russia.
(c) The Christian Russian Empire.
(d) The Russian kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the Jewish community of Poland establish itself?

3. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?

4. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?

5. Where did the Jews of the Black Sea flee to avoid persecution?

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