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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) One with six amber beads.
(c) A strand of pearls.
(d) Gold and copper.

2. When does Catherine the Great became Empress of Russia?
(a) 1462.
(b) 1677.
(c) 1777.
(d) 1762.

3. What was the new weapon of the group that invades Poland in July 1655?
(a) Grenade.
(b) Muzzle loader.
(c) Canon.
(d) Poison dart.

4. Whose job is it to diffuse the protest at the meeting with protesters?
(a) The Gestapo.
(b) The Czar.
(c) Minister of Agriculture.
(d) The President.

5. How many days of dancing do the two young men sent by Lubonski enjoy at Polz?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

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

8. When does the Seym introduce a new constitution?
(a) 1777.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1788.

9. How old is Hedwig when she marries?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 21.
(d) 33.

10. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 1201.
(b) 2001.
(c) Unknown.
(d) 1981.

11. Where do many Communist dignitaries vacation or hold meetings?
(a) Warsaw Convention Center.
(b) The Church of Lublin.
(c) Gorka castle.
(d) Bukowski palace.

12. Where is Castle Gorka located when Bukowo is under Austrian rule?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Poland

13. What is Buk's occupation?
(a) Machinist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lobbyist.
(d) Farmer.

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

15. How does Ghengis Khan finally defeat the Tartars?
(a) He marries into their head family.
(b) He has all the men killed.
(c) He has all the adults killed.
(d) He tricks them into surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lubonski sending two young men out to visit?

2. Count Lubonski decides it is time that inheritor of which estate to marry?

3. When were the Ghengis Khan raids that are discussed in Chapter 2?

4. Which Tartar dwarf becomes a fighter for Khan?

5. Who is a potential suitor for Barbara?

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