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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 was the bear to Yaga?

2. What item assured Ivan that Taina was a doomed town?

3. What color were the merchant's eyes?

4. Why does Brother Sergei believe that Ivan is already a Christian?

5. Why didn't Bear want to kill her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Katerina's justification for their treatment and purchase of slaves?

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

3. What does rock and roll represent to Vanya's father?

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

5. What issue did Ivan have once he had hit the bear?

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

7. What did the Princess think of Ivan?

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

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

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

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

Ivan realizes that the fairy tales that Sergei had written down were the echos of older religions. In essay form, discuss ancient fairy tales in this light, and attempt to draw some parallels from ancient fairy tales and pagan religions, or conversely, the modern versions of the fairy tales and Christianity.

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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