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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters XII through XV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Leo get fired from his teaching job?
(a) He does not know what he is teaching.
(b) He teaches anti-Communist lessons.
(c) He refuses to work for free.
(d) He does not show up on time.

2. What does Kira find to be "ignoble"?
(a) Dancing girls.
(b) Family.
(c) Entertainment and joy.
(d) Work and effort.

3. What happens to Lenin in the spring of 1923?
(a) He has a stroke.
(b) He loses power.
(c) He gets re-elected.
(d) He dies.

4. What does Kira consider her time with Leo to be?
(a) Love.
(b) Indescribable.
(c) Life.
(d) Emptiness.

5. When Kira serves only bread and onions for supper, what does she say?
(a) That Leo needs to get more food off the black market.
(b) That she already ate her portion.
(c) That she actually really likes fried onions.
(d) That she was too tired to cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kira's family react to Andrei?

2. Why can't Leo find a job?

3. What does Leo tell Stepan?

4. What happens to Alexander's business?

5. Who asks a clerk for an extra week's ration card?

(see the answer key)

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