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fagboi

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How does Xie describe the British presence in Calcutta?
 
  a. Military officials and merchants live inside a walled city.
  b. The uniform of the officials is covered with strange embroidery.
  c. Top officials never go outside the walled city because of security.
  d. British parades are always preceded by local soldiers on elephants.
  e. Calcutta is ruled by a civilian governor.

Question 2

What was true regarding Yemelyan Pugachev?
 
  a. He was the legitimate tsar of Russia.
  b. As a nobleman, he led a rebellion against landlords.
  c. Educated in Europe, he took reforms issues to Catherine.
  d. He led a serf rebellion that took the Russian army several years to put down.
  e. After escaping to England, he became a leader in the abolition of Russian serfdom.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d



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