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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ends the reform movement started by the Seym?
(a) An attack by Austria.
(b) A civil war.
(c) Political opposition within the Seym.
(d) An attack by Russia.

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

3. Polish king Jan Sobieski is successful in repelling the attacks from which country?
(a) Persia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Turkey.
(d) England.

4. Who won the battle against the Teutonic Knights for Poland?
(a) Ghengis Khan.
(b) The Tartars.
(c) The dwarf army.
(d) Polish peasants.

5. Who was a liege of Krzysztof?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Khan.
(c) Bukowski.
(d) Zygmunt .

6. Who tells the two young men being sent by Lubonski to pay particular attention to the Granickis?
(a) Lubonski's daughter.
(b) Lubonski's wife.
(c) Lubonski himself.
(d) Lubonski's son.

7. What fascinating objects do the two young men sent by Lubonski discover during Easter?
(a) Venemous frogs specific to Prussia.
(b) New weapons used by the royal assassins.
(c) Intricately designed golden baskets.
(d) Ukrainian Easter eggs.

8. Who runs to the village announcing the arrival of the Mongols in 1241?
(a) Janko.
(b) Bunk.
(c) Bunko.
(d) Jan.

9. Who feels Mustafa is wrong in coming to Vienna?
(a) The American Ambassador.
(b) Feliks.
(c) The Grand Vizier.
(d) The Baron von Straussberg.

10. 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) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

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

12. Who is a potential suitor for Barbara?
(a) Magistrate Cyprjan.
(b) Ossolinski.
(c) Bishop Lubonski.
(d) Bukowski.

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

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

15. When were the Ghengis Khan raids that are discussed in Chapter 2?
(a) 1204.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1198.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invades Poland in July 1655?

2. What do the spies watching the Teutonic Knights buy that gets them arrested.

3. Who provides medical services to Christian soldiers?

4. After Kahn's death, who is sent to conquer Poland, Hungary and Russia?

5. What is Buk's occupation?

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