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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Kiy in the beginning of "Russka"?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 17.

2. When does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) 1066 AD.
(b) 1917. AD.
(c) 180 AD.
(d) 1520 AD.

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

4. How many years does "Russka" cover?
(a) 100.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10.

5. Where does Lebed find Kiy after he wanders off?
(a) At the stream.
(b) In the neighboring village.
(c) At the camp of the horsemen.
(d) In the forest.

6. Who are the Alans?
(a) Peaceful agriculturalists.
(b) The least successful of the Sarmatian tribes.
(c) The greatest of the Sarmatian tribes.
(d) Traveling merchants.

7. Where is this village located?
(a) The Russian far east.
(b) On the border of Europe.
(c) Near Scandinavia.
(d) The Russian heartland.

8. Who revolts in 1067?
(a) Shchek.
(b) The Prince of Vsevolod.
(c) The Prince of Polotsk.
(d) The Prince of Kiev.

9. Where does Andrei follow Maryushka and her husband?
(a) Russka.
(b) Novgorod.
(c) Poland.
(d) Kiev.

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

11. Who does Stephen say will help the peasants?
(a) The Tsar.
(b) No one.
(c) The monastery.
(d) Boris.

12. What idea caused Patriarch Nikon to be exiled?
(a) That the peasants should profit from their labor.
(b) That the Tsar should be subject to the people.
(c) That the church should have authority over the Tsar.
(d) That the peasants should have rights.

13. What is the veche?
(a) The police.
(b) The borderland.
(c) The marketplace.
(d) An assembly.

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

15. Whose military does Andrei Karpenko join after Stanislaus' visit?
(a) The Poles.
(b) The Tatars.
(c) The Cossacks.
(d) The Russians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the son Elena bore?

2. Where does Ivan see Shchek for the second time?

3. Who had killed Yanka's mother?

4. What commonwealth was this region preparing to join, before the Russians marched against it?

5. What is the goal of the Mongols?

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