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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is it that first brings to light Ivan's wearing of Katerina's hoose?
(a) Nadya.
(b) Father Lukas.
(c) An old crone.
(d) Brother Sergei.

2. Where did Vanya's plane land?
(a) London.
(b) Prague.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Oslo.

3. What was Yaga's real disappointment?
(a) That the stranger who woke the Princess also understood her.
(b) That the stranger had manage to ask the Princess to marry him.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

4. What didn't Ivan do that he had been expected to?
(a) Study.
(b) Invite Ruth to Russia.
(c) All of these.
(d) Write home.

5. What class did Katerina think Ivan belonged to?
(a) Peasant.
(b) Knight.
(c) Slave.
(d) Prince.

6. What caused Katerina to fall asleep?
(a) All of these.
(b) She pricked her finger on a spindle.
(c) She was sung to sleep by Yaga.
(d) She ate a poisoned apple.

7. What was part of the defense mechanism of the chasm?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Rocks were thrown at him.
(c) Both of these.
(d) A howling of longing and blood curdling chilling.

8. What language does Ivan switch to?
(a) None of these.
(b) English.
(c) Modern Russian.
(d) Modern Ukrainian.

9. What color were the merchant's eyes?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

10. What was it impossible for Katerina to imagine?
(a) None of these.
(b) Her as a queen.
(c) Ivan as a king.
(d) Ivan defeating the Widow.

11. Into whose head did Baba Yaga place dissent?
(a) Katerina.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Dimitri.
(d) King Matfei.

12. What does Ivan's mother pretend to do?
(a) All of these.
(b) Not know English when it suits her.
(c) To not notice Ruth's subtle cues.
(d) To be uninformed about the world around her.

13. What happened when Ivan crossed the threshold of Katerina's world?
(a) He gained a sword.
(b) He lost his clothing.
(c) He gained armor.
(d) He encountered a sword.

14. What did Ivan say in Old Church Slavonic?
(a) None of these.
(b) "Honey could not be as sweet as your smile, nor wine as intoxicating as your laugh".
(c) "You are beautiful and wise and I intend to marry you."
(d) "Your lips are the red of a thousand apples, and your eyes the green of none".

15. What does Bear tell Yaga to do?
(a) Kill the girl.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Take the kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the moral of the story of the Sky, the Rat and the Well?

2. What was the woman dressed in?

3. What had Yaga deliberately left out of the salve?

4. What item assured Ivan that Taina was a doomed town?

5. What year does Ivan find out it is?

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