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

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

3. Where do the Russians march against?
(a) Minsk.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Novgorod.

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

5. Who marries Milei's youngest son?
(a) The Boyar's daughter.
(b) Peter's daughter.
(c) Yanka.
(d) Yanka's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is taking place in Moscow in November?

3. Who does Stephen say will help the peasants?

4. What is Boris hoping for?

5. Who does Andrei stay with on his travels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of political alliance does Milei suggest, and why does this injure Yanka?

2. What has changed since the scenes set in 180 AD?

3. Describe the uprising led by Stenka Razin.

4. What is the Schism?

5. What is the political situation in Russia when the novel leaps forward to 1647?

6. Describe the opposition between Ivan and his brother.

7. What is the Bobrov family up to in 1647?

8. Describe the controversy over the icons in Russka.

9. Where does the novel begin?

10. Describe Ivan's story.

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