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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 does Ivan's mother say about Ruth?
(a) That she will bring him nothing but misery.
(b) None of these.
(c) That she is a horrible woman that will cheat on him.
(d) That she is not the right woman for him.

2. What did Vanya's family lose?
(a) Their communities respect.
(b) Their dignity.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their apartment.

3. Why couldn't Ivan walk away and leave this task to someone else?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) A man sees through a problem if he can.
(c) He fell in love with the woman on the pedestal.
(d) Both of these.

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

5. What does Katerina ask of her father?
(a) To give Ivan a chance.
(b) To help her get Ivan home.
(c) To instruct her as to what to do about Ivan's lack of desire for her.
(d) To make a man of Ivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ivan's reason for going back to the clearing?

2. When Ivan thought about going home, where did he think about returning to?

3. Only a fool would want to live through what?

4. What justification did Vanya give for the clearing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Ivan justify what he had seen and heard in the forest as a child?

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

4. Why couldn't Yaga simply kill the girl and take over the kingdom?

5. How does Ivan justify his wearing the princess' hoose?

6. What problems occurred in Taina when Baba Yaga appeared?

7. What was Yaga supposed to have felt, but didn't?

8. Why is Nadya hesitant to show the Princess' hoose to her son and Father Lukas?

9. How did Ivan's relationship with his mother differ from his relationship with his father?

10. How did Ivan's parents' sacrifice weigh heavily on his mind? How did this affect the way he led his life?

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