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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vanya's father lose?

2. What caused Katerina to fall asleep?

3. What word did Ivan not know in Old Church Slavonic?

4. What was Yaga attempting to extract from the merchant?

5. What did the merchant beg for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Ivan's excuse for not writing home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ivan explains to his son how they can't bring certain medicines back from their time to the time of Taina. Discuss not only Ivan's rationale for this, but also other potential ramifications of medicines being created in the early 900's. Explain the kinds of impacts that would have, and the ripple effect of the introduction of modern medicine to an ancient people.

Essay Topic 2

Bear doesn't immediately go after Yaga, despite all that she had put him through. Suggest reasons for this, and for the rationale that Yaga has that Bear might come back. Explain the rationale behind each reason.

Essay Topic 3

Taina no longer exists in Ivan's time, and this comes as a great shock to Katerina. Utilizing scholarly history articles, suggest what may have happened to Taina based on its location, religion and time frame.

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