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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who leads the rebels against Russka?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Andrei.
(c) Patriarch Nikon.
(d) Stenka Razin.

3. Who brings Kiy back to his mother?
(a) The Alans' leader.
(b) The Alan with the missing hand.
(c) The Alan whose children were all lost in battle.
(d) The Alan who recently lost a son.

4. Who does Andrei stay with on his travels?
(a) Nikon.
(b) Nikita.
(c) Tsar Alexis.
(d) Stenka Razin.

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

6. What does the revolt make Ivan nervous about?
(a) His father's safety.
(b) His soldiers' safety.
(c) His merchandise.
(d) His territory's defenses.

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

8. What is the state of the Mongols in 1237?
(a) United under Genghis Khan.
(b) Seething with tribal politics.
(c) Fragmented by regional divisions.
(d) Civil war.

9. What does Monomakh do a few days after he refuses the throne?
(a) Goes into hiding.
(b) Flees the territory.
(c) Accepts the throne.
(d) Gets executed.

10. When is Bright Week?
(a) The week after Christmas.
(b) The week after the summer solstice.
(c) The week after Easter.
(d) The week after May day.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Stanislaus bring to Andrei Karpenko's family?

3. What does Ivan do when his journey is interrupted?

4. Who attacks Ivan's convoy?

5. How does Stenka Razin die?

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