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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Ivan's father arranged for him?
(a) To travel with the merchant convoy.
(b) To be a page for Vladimir.
(c) To study law.
(d) To apprentice with a blacksmith.

2. Where is Ivan taken?
(a) To a monastery in Italy.
(b) To Constantinople.
(c) To the House of Zhydovyn.
(d) To the Prince of Polotsk.

3. What is the state of government by 1113?
(a) Corrupt.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Disorganized.

4. Who helps Yanka kill Peter?
(a) Milei.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Yanka's daughter.
(d) Purgas.

5. What does Kiy ask his Uncle Mal?
(a) When they will move to the hunting grounds.
(b) What is for dinner.
(c) When he can go on the warpath.
(d) Whether he captured a bear cub.

6. What village is at the heart of the novel?
(a) Russka.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Minsk.

7. How does Stenka Razin die?
(a) He is assassinated.
(b) He is killed by a lover's husband.
(c) He is killed by the Tsar.
(d) He is killed in battle.

8. What happens when Boris says that one of the monks is guilty of heresy?
(a) Nothing happens.
(b) The icons are taken down.
(c) The Tsar confiscates his land.
(d) Stephen is executed.

9. What problem is Boris confronting in Chapter 5?
(a) His children will not obey him.
(b) He is falling ill.
(c) He is besieged.
(d) He does not have enough money.

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

11. Where does Yanka go to live with Purgas?
(a) The Ukraine.
(b) The Black Lands.
(c) Scandinavia.
(d) The Steppe.

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

13. Who is Stanislaus?
(a) A Russian general.
(b) A Russian warrior.
(c) A Ukrainian diplomat.
(d) A Polish official.

14. Who do the Cossacks meet with during Bright Week?
(a) Stenka Razin.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Nikon.
(d) Nikita.

15. What commonwealth was this region preparing to join, before the Russians marched against it?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Poland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boris' only option?

2. Who leads the rebels against Russka?

3. What happens while Boris is away on the campaign?

4. Who attacks Ivan's convoy?

5. Who revolts in 1067?

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