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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 does Yanka get a woman to help her do?
(a) Abort a pregnancy.
(b) Make money.
(c) Leave her husband.
(d) Win a husband.

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

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

4. What does Ivan do in 1564?
(a) Divide his estate.
(b) Go to war.
(c) Change religion.
(d) Step down from the throne.

5. Who leads the rebels against Russka?
(a) Andrei.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Stenka Razin.
(d) Patriarch Nikon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are peasants leaving Boris' estate?

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

3. Who is Yanka?

4. Who is Purgas?

5. What happens to the son Elena bore?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Schism?

2. What has changed by 1552?

3. Describe the revolution that kills Sviatopolk.

4. Describe Yanka's pregnancy and marriage.

5. Describe the opposition between Ivan and his brother.

6. Describe the controversy over the icons in Russka.

7. How does Stephen die?

8. Why does Bobrov have a grudge against Stephen the monk?

9. Describe the setting and story being told when the story shifts to 1237.

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

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