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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 Ivan note about Dimitri?

2. What did Katerina not want to believe, but had to accept was true?

3. How much of the food did the army consume on the first night?

4. What does Katerina decide?

5. What did Ivan fear had already ran out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Ivan attempted to eat the chicken that Ruth brought, and what happened as a result?

2. What shamed Katerina about the airplane, how did she react, and how did she rebuke herself for doing so?

3. Why is it an issue to call out Katerina's name and why must Ivan do so?

4. What lie does Yaga tell Katerina that she knows is a lie immediately?

5. How did the fire work in Ivan and Sergei's favor?

6. What was the only repercussion to the revolt that occurred in Taina while Katerina was gone, and what happened as a result?

7. What was the effect of the weapons of the future against the peasants of the Widow's army?

8. What dilemma does Katerina place on Father Lukas?

9. How did Father Lukas die?

10. What was the argument that Katerina made when there were objections to the utilization of witchcraft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Briefly, Ivan and Katerina's children are described, but little effort is given to character development. Suggest three reasons for this and provide at least two rationales for each reason.

Essay Topic 2

Utilizing modern feminism, condemn Katerina's attitude towards a husband's rights to her body and her actions, as well as her culture.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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