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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cries with happiness when given a package of meat as a gift?

2. Who is hanged for stealing a rabbit?

3. What is the season at the beginning of the book?

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

5. Who becomes Stanislaw August, King of Poland?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Polish reaction to the 1772 partition of Poland? Who has control of Bukowo?

3. What color cord does Mustafa wear around his neck and what is its significance?

4. Who is Hedwig? What is her Polish name? Who and when does she marry?

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

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

7. Who asks Poland for help when the Ottoman Empire begins to expand and why?

8. How do Pawel and Janko get arrested on their spy mission and why do they want to be detained?

9. What is the outcome of the Polish fighting the Turks in Vienna? What crops are introduced to Poland because of the war?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a genre? Discuss both the genre and sub-genre categories that best describe "Poland". Explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

A main character has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. Discuss Szymon's bad qualities. Who is to blame for those qualities? Are the "bad" qualities really bad? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the antagonist in "Poland". Is the antagonist one person, a particular family, or several people in this novel? Is the antagonist consistent throughout the novel? Explain your reasoning.

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