Question 1
Which statement about the events that occurred in the Soviet Union in December 1991 is FALSE?
a. Boris Yeltsin was president of the Russian Republic.
b. The Congress of People's Deputies denied Yeltsin the temporary power to rule by decree.
c. One of the largest empires in history came to an end.
d. Gorbachev resigned and turned over his power as commander-in-chief to Yeltsin.
e. The Soviet Union was replaced by a commonwealth of independent states.
Question 2
One of the most significant reforms instituted by Gorbachev was to
a. allow women to divorce their husbands.
b. abolish communism as an economic system.
c. choose Boris Yeltsin as his vice president.
d. legalize the formation of political parties other than the Communist Party.
e. organize a coup d'tat against the Soviet parliament.
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