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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is Lubonski sending two young men to visit?
(a) Various families.
(b) The Baron.
(c) The King.
(d) Catherine the Great.

4. At the meeting between the Communist Party and the protesters, what do Buk and Bykowski find that they have a common?
(a) Love of books.
(b) An ancestor.
(c) Interest in farming.
(d) Hobby of painting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Polish army arrive to aid other countries during their 1683 fighting?

2. Who was supposed to protect the village of Bukowski when the Mongols attacked in 1241?

3. What does Bukowski say is better in Poland than in the Russian bloc?

4. Who is the commander of the Turks when the Polish arrive in Vienna?

5. How does Ghengis Khan finally defeat the Tartars?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Catherine the Great and what is her plan for Poland?

2. What complaint do the farmers make at the beginning of the book?

3. Who is Lumbomirska and why is her character important in this story?

4. What is the purpose of Magistrate Cyperjan's banquet held at Castle Gorka? Why is the event held there?

5. What is the topic of discussion Feliks and Roman have at Lancut? What prediction do they make regarding the topic of discussion?

6. What happens to the Ukrainian areas of Poland when the Cossacks revolt in 1648? What impedes the rebuilding process?

7. Why was Poland taken so easily by the Tartars?

8. When and where does the book open, and what special event begins the story?

9. Who are the Teutonic Knights? Who is their leader when they relocate to northern Poland in 1226?

10. After the meeting in Chapter 1, who does Bukowski meet and what deal is arranged?

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