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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Boris hoping for?
(a) Assistance from his brother's family.
(b) Forgiveness before he dies.
(c) A favor from a Tsar.
(d) Relief forces to lift the siege.

2. What causes the Boyar to have pains in his chest and feet when he leaves the house?
(a) He is old and dying.
(b) Yanka buried Peter's head near his door.
(c) Wounds from a battle he fought.
(d) A spell cast by an enemy.

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

4. What question does Boris wonder about when he returns from the campaign?
(a) Whether Elena's son is his.
(b) How to get a promotion in the Tsar's service.
(c) How he will raise revenues on his estate.
(d) How to limit the power of the Tsar.

5. What is the capital of Russia in Chapter 2?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boris' only option?

2. What is Andrei Karpenko's dream?

3. What do the Cossacks get in 1649?

4. What village is at the heart of the novel?

5. What does Kiy ask his Uncle Mal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the political system in 1067?

2. Describe Andrei Karpenko's relationship with Maryushka.

3. Who has the most power in this earliest chapter?

4. What problem is Boris Bobrov having with his estate and how does he solve it?

5. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

6. Describe the lifestyles of Lebed and her people.

7. Describe Yanka's pregnancy and marriage.

8. Who are the Raskolniki?

9. What happens when Bobrov's wife gets pregnant in his absence?

10. What happens when Tsar Ivan divides his estate?

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