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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 does Bear tell Yaga to do?

2. What can't Ivan do while in Taina?

3. What does Ivan's mother say about Ruth?

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

5. What had Ivan's body been shaped by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vanya finally decide to let the Mohel circumcise him?

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

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

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

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

6. What happened to Esther when Ivan rescued the princess Katerina?

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

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

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

10. Why was it unrealistic that Vanya was imagining Abraham in the forest and countryside? Why didn't this stop him from his fantasy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Bear initially went to kill Ivan, he seems to have had a change of heart once Ivan frees him. Discuss this change of heart, and Bear's actions afterwards, and what this suggests about not only his desire to kill Ivan, but also about his relationship with Yaga.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the differing opinions of things from Katerina and Ivan's time. Explain how, as a being of both time frames, Marek aka Mozhaiski is a good intermediary to explain how things work.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the culture of Taina to places where such cultural considerations are still practiced and present. Explain what limitations would need to be in place for such a culture to survive in the modern world, and what limitations are actually in place to ensure this survival.

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