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

3. What does Ivan tell his parents he wants to be?
(a) A monk.
(b) A prince.
(c) A warrior.
(d) A doctor.

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

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

6. Who is Maryushka married to?
(a) An officer.
(b) A steward.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A merchant.

7. When did Patriarch Nikon's reforms begin?
(a) 1639.
(b) 1644.
(c) 1649.
(d) 1653.

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

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

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

11. Who are the Raskolniki?
(a) The Tsar's troops.
(b) Terrorists.
(c) A reform movement.
(d) Monks.

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

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

14. What happens while Boris is away on the campaign?
(a) Stephen is killed.
(b) His son dies.
(c) The Tsar takes his land.
(d) Elena gives birth to a son.

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