3. What item assured Ivan that Taina was a doomed town?
(a) The lack of fortifications around the palace.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The Orthodox cross, as Christianity had never been established in Ivan's time.
(d) Neither of these.

4. What did Ivan not speak to his father about?
(a) His dreams.
(b) All of these.
(c) His frustrations.
(d) His yearnings and hopes

5. What do both Katerina and Matfei believe Ivan was being raised to be?
(a) None of these.
(b) A merchant.
(c) A bishop.
(d) A cleric.

6. What does Ivan ask Katerina for?
(a) Parchment.
(b) Both of these.
(c) The ability to write.
(d) Neither of these.

7. What does Ruth's mother keep saying about Ivan?
(a) That he isn't right for Ruth.
(b) That he doesn't act like a young man in love.
(c) That he wouldn't make a good husband.
(d) That he shouldn't have left for Russia.

8. What was Yaga attempting to extract from the merchant?
(a) His tongue.
(b) His eyes, still living.
(c) None of these.`
(d) His heart, while it still beat.

9. What was the bear to Yaga?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her concubine.

10. What had it taken a long time to get out of the house?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) The stink of rotten meat.
(c) Both of these.
(d) The stink of bear.

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

12. What did Vanya take solace in?
(a) Disobeying authority.
(b) Rock and roll music.
(c) Disrespecting his parents.
(d) Running.

13. What did the woman say to Ivan?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Marry me.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Ask me to marry you.

14. What did Vanya's father lose?
(a) His mind.
(b) His job at the university.
(c) His religion.
(d) His pocket watch.

15. What did the merchant beg for?
(a) All of these.
(b) To be spared his life.
(c) To be allowed to go home.
(d) Yaga to let him keep the other of his eyes.