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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Jewish holiday coincided with Stalin's death?
(a) Pesach.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) Purim.
(d) Shabbat.

2. What was the main consequence of asking for a visa in Soviet Russia?
(a) Visa seekers could not work for the government.
(b) Visa seekers were seen as enemies of the government.
(c) Visa seekers lost their pension.
(d) Visa seekers lost their jobs.

3. What relationship did Solomon have with his son in the 1970s?
(a) They talked every other week.
(b) They were close.
(c) They were tense, but cordial.
(d) He cut ties with him.

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

5. What overrode the fear of the Jewish scientists meeting in secret?
(a) Their friendship.
(b) Their desire to emigrate.
(c) Their desire to undermine the USSR.
(d) Their quest for knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Stalin have his personal physician arrested?

2. When was Volodya asked to lead a laboratory in the development of the Soviet air defense system?

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

4. What did Solomon offer Sanya when he visited him before leaving USSR?

5. What did Solomon say of the mistakes made by Stalin?

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