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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Volodya arrive in Moscow from exile?

2. What prompted Volodya's firing from his job in September of 1971?

3. What was a result of Volodya's arrest and jail time?

4. When did Masha retire?

5. What was Volodya's shift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Masha after a few days of imprisonment?

2. What does Masha realize at the start of Chapter 5?

3. Why did Leonid request an extension after receiving a visa?

4. How did Masha and Volodya survive after Masha retired in 1971?

5. What job opportunity did Volodya have in 1962?

6. Who visited in Masha and Volodya in February and why?

7. What did Masha decline in 1953?

8. When was Volodya's exile completed?

9. What was Volodya rejected for at the start of Chapter 4?

10. How much time had passed since Volodya and Masha first applied for a visa by the end of 1970's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two Russian leaders discussed in "The Gates of November" and compare their styles of leadership and impact on Russian society and the world as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the KGB or Russia's secret police in Volodya and Masha's life and the life of other refuseniks.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the history of the Bolsheviks coming to power and the impact they had on Russia and the Jews.

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