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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing holding the Widow back?
(a) The law of integrity.
(b) The law of righteousness.
(c) The law of redemption.
(d) The law of succession.

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

3. What had Yaga's name been, long ago?
(a) Olga.
(b) Natasha.
(c) Natalia.
(d) Tanya.

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

5. What did Matfei immediately regret?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Calling Ivan a coward in front of the people.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Telling Dimitri about his thoughts that Ivan will father a boy and die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What didn't Ivan do that he had been expected to?

2. What did Ivan's father suggest that he return to Russia for?

3. What does Ivan's mother pretend to do?

4. What was a stupid thing to say as he departed from Ruth?

5. Why couldn't Ivan walk away and leave this task to someone else?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Yaga done to convey her message to her late husband?

2. What did Vanya's parents fear? What did they decide to do about it?

3. What does Ivan need to do in order to go home?

4. What problem does Ivan come across when he tries to justify his impending marriage to Ruth to Katerina?

5. What did Baba Yaga wish to gain from Bear?

6. For what reasons did Ivan resent Princess Katerina?

7. What bothered Ivan about his relationship with his father and why?

8. What does Ivan realize is the death knell for Taina?

9. How did Katerina react when Ivan said the witch's name?

10. In what ways was the young man that had rescued the princess not what Yaga had suspected?

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