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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the People's Will do in 1881?
(a) Recruit foreign aid against the Tsar.
(b) Secede from Russia.
(c) Assassinate the Tsar.
(d) Start a revolution.

2. What does Nicolai tell Misha?
(a) That his legacy might be unrecognizable, but he will still be alive.
(b) That he is already dead.
(c) That he will live forever.
(d) That he will be alive as long as he (Nicolai) remembers him.

3. What is Alexander's response to Tatiana's pregnancy?
(a) He raises the child as his own.
(b) He kills the child as a bastard.
(c) He forces her to abort it.
(d) He gives it away.

4. Who is Madame Adelaide de Ronville?
(a) Alexander's mistress.
(b) Alexander's friend.
(c) Alexander's tutor.
(d) Alexander's mother.

5. What do the people prepare to do as the Tsar's troops come for Daniel?
(a) Burn themselves in the church.
(b) Retreat to the castle.
(c) Abandon their town.
(d) Fight.

6. What happens to the streltsy?
(a) It centralizes the government.
(b) It becomes the basis for the Tsar's edicts.
(c) It becomes the foundation for the Tsar's power.
(d) Is it crushed. It brings about reforms.

7. What was the priest at Russka accused of when the police arrived to arrest him?
(a) Operating a Masonic press.
(b) Theft.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Subverting the church.

8. Who is Russia preparing to fight in 1812?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Charlemagne.

9. Who is Vladimir Ilych Unyanov?
(a) The brother of a conspirator.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A revolutionary leader.
(d) A landowner.

10. What does Alexander refuse to ask Tatiana's father for?
(a) Companions for her.
(b) Money.
(c) Troops.
(d) Land.

11. How does Pinegin get revenge on Sergei?
(a) By seducing Nadia.
(b) By killing his brother.
(c) By framing him for a crime.
(d) By leaving Russia.

12. How many children does Andrei have?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 11.

13. What does Misha find out about Nicolai and Popov's situation?
(a) Nothing except that there is a gap between him and his son.
(b) That they are planning a business deal involving land.
(c) That they are planning to join the army.
(d) That they are planning to join the reformers.

14. What is the result in Russia of riots in Finland and uprisings in Ukraine?
(a) Civil war.
(b) War with Ukraine.
(c) Government suppression.
(d) Reform.

15. Where does Vladimir promise Rosa he will send Dmitri?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) The country.
(c) America.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alexander in 1913?

2. Why does Madame Adelaide de Ronville propose to include Bobrov in her will?

3. Who does Alexander see visit the Suvorin house?

4. What are students preaching in the villages in the mid-1800s?

5. Who is Popov trying to decide in Chapter 10?

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