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    Question 1: Which of these Halloween events is not correctly matched with the place where it is held?
    A. Terror Behind the Walls - Madison, Wisconsin
    B. Halloween on Franklin Street - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    C. Howl-O-Scream - Tampa, Florida
    D. Halloween in the Castro – San Francisco, California
    Question 2: What English author wrote the novel Halloween Party in which a girl is drowned in an apple-bobbing tub?
    A. Agatha Christie
    B. Dashiell Hammett
    C. P.G. Wodehouse
    D. Terry Pratchett
    Question 3: Who was the US President when the Berlin Wall fell?
    A. George Bush Jr.
    B. Ronald Reagan
    C. George Bush Sr.
    D. Bill Clinton
    Question 4: Who was the leader of the legendary Solidarność (Solidarity) labor union that led the efforts to end communist rule in Poland?
    A. Viktor OrbĂ¡n
    B. Lech Wałęsa
    C. Tadeusz Mazowiecki
    D. Vaclav Havel
    Question 5: Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
    A. Konstantin Chernenko
    B. Mikhail Gorbachev
    C. Nikita Khrushchev
    D. Boris Yeltsin
    Question 6: Which Chancellor united Germany in 1990?
    A. Helmut Kohl
    B. Erich Honecker
    C. Egon Krenz
    D. Angela Merkel
    Question 7: Which Pope was the spiritual leader of the anti-communist opposition in one of the former Eastern block countries in 1980s?
    A. None - Roman Catholic Church backed the communist governments
    B. Benedict XVI - because he was German and wanted to see his country unified
    C. John Paul II - because he was Polish and wanted to see his country free
    D. John Paul I - because he came from a family with long-standing anti-communist views
    Question 8: Which of these events was first in the avalanche that swept away communist governments in Europe?
    A. the execution of Nicolae CeauÅŸescu in Romania
    B. the split of Czechoslovakia
    C. the peaceful establishment of non-communist government in Poland
    D. the fall of the Berlin Wall
    Question 9: Which former Soviet Republic was first to declare independence from the USSR?
    A. Lithuania
    B. Belarus
    C. Russia
    D. Ukraine
    Question 10: Which term refers to the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia?
    A. Silk Revolution
    B. Cotton Revolution
    C. Woolen Revolution
    D. Velvet Revolution
    Question 11: All revolutions of the 1989 Autumn of Nations in Europe were rather peaceful. Which country was the only one to overthrow their communist regime violently?
    A. Romania
    B. Hungary
    C. East Germany
    D. Russia
    Question 12: Which countrys all three neighbors were dissolved between 1990 and 1993?
    A. Poland
    B. Czechoslovakia
    C. Yugoslavia
    D. Hungary
    Question 13: After 1989, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, many new countries appeared on the map of Europe. Which is not one of them?
    A. Croatia
    B. Slovakia
    C. Hungary
    D. Estonia
    Question 14: The final act of the fall of communism in Europe was the accession of many former Eastern block countries to NATO and the European Union. When did the EU admit 8 of those countries?
    A. 1 May 2004
    B. 1 January 2002
    C. 1 November 1993
    D. 1 January 2007
    Question 15: The first documented Thanksgiving ceremony in what was to become the United States of America took place in 1565 when a group of European settlers landed at St. Augustine, Florida. What nationality were these settlers?
    A. Spanish
    B. Irish
    C. Dutch
    D. English