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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem is Boris confronting in Chapter 5?
(a) He is falling ill.
(b) He does not have enough money.
(c) His children will not obey him.
(d) He is besieged.

2. What does the leader tell the Alans?
(a) That they will not attack Lebed's village.
(b) That they will not take Kiy.
(c) That they will take Kiy with them.
(d) That they will not fight for Rome.

3. Who helps Yanka kill Peter?
(a) Milei.
(b) Yanka's daughter.
(c) Purgas.
(d) Sebastian.

4. What question does Boris wonder about when he returns from the campaign?
(a) How to get a promotion in the Tsar's service.
(b) How he will raise revenues on his estate.
(c) How to limit the power of the Tsar.
(d) Whether Elena's son is his.

5. What happens while Boris is away on the campaign?
(a) Stephen is killed.
(b) Elena gives birth to a son.
(c) The Tsar takes his land.
(d) His son dies.

6. What is the Russian government like in 1662?
(a) A strong central government.
(b) A loose series of alliances.
(c) A dispersed confederation of tribes.
(d) Chaos.

7. Who does Stephen say will help the peasants?
(a) The Tsar.
(b) Boris.
(c) The monastery.
(d) No one.

8. What happens when Boris says that one of the monks is guilty of heresy?
(a) Nothing happens.
(b) The Tsar confiscates his land.
(c) Stephen is executed.
(d) The icons are taken down.

9. What causes the Boyar to have pains in his chest and feet when he leaves the house?
(a) Yanka buried Peter's head near his door.
(b) He is old and dying.
(c) Wounds from a battle he fought.
(d) A spell cast by an enemy.

10. Who do the Cossacks meet with during Bright Week?
(a) Nikita.
(b) Nikon.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Stenka Razin.

11. What do the Cossacks get in 1649?
(a) Conquered.
(b) A territory within Poland.
(c) Independence.
(d) Annihilated.

12. Who are the Alans?
(a) Traveling merchants.
(b) The least successful of the Sarmatian tribes.
(c) The greatest of the Sarmatian tribes.
(d) Peaceful agriculturalists.

13. When is Bright Week?
(a) The week after May day.
(b) The week after Christmas.
(c) The week after the summer solstice.
(d) The week after Easter.

14. Where have Ivan's father and brothers gone?
(a) To quell the revolt.
(b) To raid Kiev.
(c) To participate in the revolt.
(d) To protect the women and cattle.

15. Where is this village located?
(a) The Russian far east.
(b) The Russian heartland.
(c) On the border of Europe.
(d) Near Scandinavia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Russia known as under Ivan?

2. What is the result when Monomakh refuses the throne?

3. What is the goal of the Mongols?

4. Where do the Russians march against?

5. How many years does "Russka" cover?

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