Russka: The Novel of Russia Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Edward Rutherfurd
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Russka: The Novel of Russia Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are peasants leaving Boris' estate?
(a) The religious persecution.
(b) The wars.
(c) The heavy taxes.
(d) The famine.

2. Who dies Elena spend most of her time with?
(a) Boris.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her family.
(d) The Tsar.

3. Whose army is Mengu traveling with?
(a) Sviatopolk's.
(b) Genghis Khan's.
(c) Prince Vladimir's.
(d) Monomakh's.

4. What is Boris' only option?
(a) Sending his children away.
(b) Fleeing his region.
(c) Raising taxes on his peasants.
(d) Allying himself with a former enemy.

5. Who does Nikita's serving girl resemble?
(a) Elena.
(b) Yanka.
(c) Lebed.
(d) Anna.

6. What does Ivan do in 1564?
(a) Divide his estate.
(b) Step down from the throne.
(c) Change religion.
(d) Go to war.

7. What news does Stanislaus bring to Andrei Karpenko's family?
(a) That they have to send Andrei Karpenko off to war with them.
(b) That their farm has a new owner now.
(c) That they have to leave their farm.
(d) That they have to pay an enormous tax.

8. Whose arrival is Milei waiting for in 1262?
(a) Peter the Tatar.
(b) Yanka.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Mengu.

9. Who marries Milei's youngest son?
(a) Yanka's daughter.
(b) Yanka.
(c) Peter's daughter.
(d) The Boyar's daughter.

10. Who does Yanka have a relationship with?
(a) Shchek. Milei.
(b) Batu Khan.
(c) Her father.
(d) Genghis Khan.

11. What is the Russian government like in 1662?
(a) A strong central government.
(b) A loose series of alliances.
(c) Chaos.
(d) A dispersed confederation of tribes.

12. What is Russia known as under Ivan?
(a) Oprichnina.
(b) Russka.
(c) Muscovy.
(d) Kazan.

13. Who is Purgas?
(a) A Russian officer.
(b) A Mongol warrior.
(c) A Mordvinian slave.
(d) A Kievan prince.

14. What terminates the campaign against the Baltic?
(a) Heresy trials.
(b) The plot against Ivan.
(c) The departure of the peasantry.
(d) Elena's pregnancy.

15. What is the goal of the Mongols?
(a) To rule the world.
(b) To unify their people.
(c) To subdue the Russians.
(d) To retake their ancient lands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks Ivan's convoy?

2. Who is elected elder of Dirty Place?

3. Where does Yanka go to live with Purgas?

4. Who are the Raskolniki?

5. What is taking place in Moscow in November?

(see the answer keys)

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