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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara have to bake as part of her wedding ritual?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Bread.
(c) Cake.
(d) Scones.

2. Who is the emperor of Vienna when Lubonski and his men arrive?
(a) Pietor.
(b) Leopold.
(c) Janko.
(d) Jan .

3. 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) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) England.
(d) The United States.

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

5. What is the name of the army that Polish king Jan Sobieski develops?
(a) The Polish armed services.
(b) The Polish fighters.
(c) The Polish hussars.
(d) Protectors of Poland.

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

7. Where does Bukowski go when the meeting between the Communist Party and and protesters is dismissed?
(a) To meet Buk's mother.
(b) To Warsaw.
(c) To Castle Gorka.
(d) To Castle Bukowski.

8. What name does Cyprjan when he stops using the name Gorka?
(a) Bukowo.
(b) Goring.
(c) Lubonski.
(d) Buk.

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

10. What new staples were brought home to Poland a result of the war in Vienna?
(a) Baklava and honey.
(b) Spaghetti sauce and pizza.
(c) Coffee and potatoes.
(d) Pickles and kraut.

11. How long does the 1788 session of the Seym last?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 4 hours.

12. What is the Polish parliament called?
(a) Judgment.
(b) The Seym.
(c) Congress.
(d) Representatives.

13. Why is Lubonski sending two young men out to visit?
(a) To look for wealth and opportunities.
(b) To send a message to the queen.
(c) To beg for a job in the castle.
(d) To determine the families' chance of survival in war.

14. What do the people who barricaded themselves in a church to avoid the Mongol attack do after surviving the attack?
(a) Challenge the Mongols.
(b) Follow the Mongols to fight the Tartars.
(c) Harass the Mongols.
(d) Hide from the Tartars, too.

15. To whom do the reporters at the meeting between the Communist Party and protesters wish to speak?
(a) Lubonski.
(b) Bukowski.
(c) Buk.
(d) The Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looted the tents in Vienna just before nightfall?

2. Who becomes close to Lumbomirska because the old woman spent weeks teaching him about Polish society?

3. Who becomes Stanislaw August, King of Poland?

4. What color cord does the Turkish commander wear around his neck when the Polish arrive in Vienna?

5. When does Catherine the Great became Empress of Russia?

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