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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the spies watching the Teutonic Knights buy that gets them arrested.
(a) Bibles.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Beads.
(d) Drugs.

2. When does the Polish army arrive to aid other countries during their 1683 fighting?
(a) In March.
(b) In August.
(c) In September.
(d) In July.

3. Where do Cyprjan, Lukasz and Jan of the Beech Trees take position as they set up to defeat the Swedes?
(a) At a monastery.
(b) In an abandoned school.
(c) In an old castle.
(d) Inside a government building.

4. Who becomes Stanislaw August, King of Poland?
(a) Lubonski.
(b) Bukowski.
(c) Feliks.
(d) Poniatowski.

5. Who had dreams of marrying Catherine but was rebuffed?
(a) Lubonski.
(b) The American Ambassador.
(c) Poniatowski.
(d) Feliks.

6. What kind of necklace does one of her Mniszech relatives place on Barbara to wear at the banquet?
(a) One with diamonds and pearls.
(b) A strand of pearls.
(c) Gold and copper.
(d) One with six amber beads.

7. When Turkey and the Ottoman Empire begIn to expand in 1683, who does Germany, France, the Papal States, Hungary and Austria ask for help?
(a) Poland.
(b) The United States.
(c) England.
(d) France.

8. Who provides medical services to Christian soldiers?
(a) Teutonic Knights.
(b) The United Way.
(c) The Catholic Church.
(d) The Baptist Church.

9. Where do the two young men sent by Lubonski go when they leave Polz?
(a) Spain.
(b) The Ukraine
(c) China.
(d) Lancut.

10. Which Tartar dwarf becomes a fighter for Khan?
(a) Zygmunt.
(b) Vuldai.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Sleepy.

11. How many days does Barbara's wedding last?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

12. Who sides with the reformers, forms a cavalry to help defend Warsaw, but is killed in the war?
(a) Tytus.
(b) Janko.
(c) Pietor.
(d) Jan.

13. Who does Hedwig's husband send to spy on the Teutonic Knights?
(a) Their son and daughter.
(b) The court jester.
(c) A special agent.
(d) Pawel and Janko.

14. Who was Ghengis Khan certain to kill when he conquered a village?
(a) All the boys of the village.
(b) The leaders of the village.
(c) All the females of the village.
(d) Everyone in the village.

15. What are the Granickis?
(a) Royal assassins.
(b) Special knights at the queen's service.
(c) A Polish family.
(d) Venemous frogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Hedwig inherit the Polish throne?

2. Who won the battle against the Teutonic Knights for Poland?

3. From which country does Hedwig's groom hail?

4. How old is Hedwig when she inherits the Polish throne?

5. Polish king Jan Sobieski is successful in repelling the attacks from which country?

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