The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job did Volodya take in the boiler room?
(a) Plan manager.
(b) Coal hauler.
(c) Maintenance technician.
(d) Stoker.

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

3. What did Volodya and his wife think prevented them from getting a visa?
(a) Masha's mother.
(b) Volodya's security status.
(c) Volodya's father.
(d) His religion.

4. What was a result of Volodya's arrest and jail time?
(a) He started having contact with the foreign press.
(b) He repudiated his father.
(c) He stopped applying for a visa.
(d) He made friend of political dissidents.

5. Who went with Volodya on his exile?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother in law.
(c) Masha.
(d) His sons.

6. When was Volodya asked to lead a laboratory in the development of the Soviet air defense system?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1962.

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

8. Where did the first conference of World Jewry take place?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Brussels.
(d) New York.

9. What prompted Masha to decide she had had enough of the USSR?
(a) Not being able to call Israel.
(b) Not having enough food.
(c) Not having her visa yet.
(d) Her being locked in her apartment by the KGB.

10. What was the main focus of the first conference of World Jewry?
(a) The Jewsih army.
(b) The Six Day War.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.

11. How did Volodya earn the respect of his fellow prisoners?
(a) He was rich.
(b) He worked hard.
(c) Because of his crimes and his chess playing.
(d) He shared his food.

12. What was Solomon's health problem?
(a) Stomach cancer.
(b) His heart.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Prostate cancer.

13. How long was Khrushchev's speech exposing the horrors of Stalin's rule?
(a) 20,000 words.
(b) 10,000 words.
(c) 90,000 words.
(d) 3,000 words.

14. How far from Moscow was Volodya's place of exile?
(a) 15,000 miles.
(b) 2,000 miles.
(c) 5,000 miles.
(d) 3,000 miles.

15. What was Volodya allowed to do following his father's death?
(a) Call his wife.
(b) Come back for the funeral.
(c) Go to the Synagogue.
(d) Send a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Volodya's jail sentence?

2. When was Leonid Slepak born?

3. What was the name of the town where Volodya was exiled?

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

5. What did the Soviet government repress the news of?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 442 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
The Gates of November: Chronicles of the Slepak Family from BookRags. (c)2026 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.