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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Jewish community thrive on the Black Sea?
(a) Second century before the Common Era.
(b) Third century before the Common Era.
(c) First century before the Common Era.
(d) Fourth century before the Common Era.

2. When did the parents of the author, Chaim Potok, see Russia as an enemy?
(a) After 1964.
(b) Before 1920.
(c) In the 1930s and after the end of WWII.
(d) After the end of WWII.

3. How many people died of malnourishment after the Bolsheviks took power?
(a) 15 millions.
(b) 25 millions.
(c) 10 millions.
(d) 20 millions.

4. What was the main agenda of the Comintern in the Summer of 1920?
(a) How to bolster their respective army.
(b) How to conquer the world.
(c) How to improve economy.
(d) Howe to launch a man in space.

5. When were the Chinese Communists admitted in the Kuomintang?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. What provoked a revival of Jewish nationalism?

2. What language did Volodya use to greet Potok and his wife?

3. What made the conversation pick up in the apartment?

4. How many Jews were in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

5. Why did Solomon have to change his name before going to Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Slepak ask of his visitors when they got to the apartment?

2. How did Russians view the Jews?

3. Why were the Russians excited after giving a housewarming gift?

4. What was Solomon invited to do?

5. When did the Slepak family receive an exit visa and where were they headed?

6. Who was Owen Laster and what did he ask?

7. When celebrating an impromptu Shabbat, what did the family substitute?

8. How many Jews lived in Russia by the end of the 1800s?

9. What did Solomon Slepak's father want for him?

10. What does "The Gates of November" say who about two generations according to the Intro?

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