- 1. Which city serves as the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
A) Irkutsk
B) St. Petersburg
C) Vladivostok
D) Moscow
- 2. What is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway?
A) Beijing
B) Moscow
C) St. Petersburg
D) Vladivostok
- 3. Which railway branch connects with the Trans-Siberian line at Ulan-Ude in Russia?
A) Trans-Manchurian Railway
B) Trans-Mongolian Railway
C) Baikal–Amur Mainline
D) Great Western Railway
- 4. Which lake alongside the Trans-Siberian Railway is known as the 'Pearl of Siberia'?
A) Caspian Sea
B) Lake Ladoga
C) Lake Baikal
D) Lake Onega
- 5. In which Russian city can travelers switch to the Circum-Baikal Railway, a historic rail line near Lake Baikal?
A) Novosibirsk
B) Yekaterinburg
C) Irkutsk
D) Krasnoyarsk
- 6. Which famous author wrote a novel featuring the Trans-Siberian Railway titled 'The Great Railway Bazaar'?
A) Paul Theroux
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Jules Verne
- 7. Which major river does the Trans-Siberian Railway cross near the city of Krasnoyarsk?
A) Ob River
B) Amur River
C) Volga River
D) Yenisei River
- 8. Which autonomous republic in Russia does the Trans-Siberian Railway pass through between the cities of Ulan-Ude and Chita?
A) Tatarstan
B) Karelia
C) Chechnya
D) Buryatia
- 9. Which European city can travelers reach using the Trans-Siberian Railway and a subsequent connection through the Channel Tunnel?
A) Paris
B) Berlin
C) Madrid
D) London
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