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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. Who finds Ivan?
(a) One of his father's grooms.
(b) One of his brothers.
(c) Shchek.
(d) One of the Prince of Polotsk's men.

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

3. What happens when Boris says that one of the monks is guilty of heresy?
(a) Nothing happens.
(b) The Tsar confiscates his land.
(c) Stephen is executed.
(d) The icons are taken down.

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

5. What is Andrei Karpenko's dream?
(a) To free Russia from Polish rule.
(b) To take the Ukrainian throne.
(c) To become Tsar.
(d) To ride with the Cossacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Andrei follow Maryushka and her husband?

2. What does Kiy ask his Uncle Mal?

3. Who are the Alans?

4. What does the leader tell the Alans?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed by 1552?

2. What happens when Tsar Ivan divides his estate?

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

4. Describe the lifestyles of Lebed and her people.

5. How does Stephen die?

6. Describe Ivan's story.

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

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

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

10. Who is Yanka and what is her story?

(see the answer keys)

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