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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 has Ivan's father arranged for him?
(a) To apprentice with a blacksmith.
(b) To be a page for Vladimir.
(c) To study law.
(d) To travel with the merchant convoy.

2. Who is the monastery dedicated to that is built on land Melei gives to the priest?
(a) Peter and Paul.
(b) Mary.
(c) John.
(d) Luke.

3. What is the state of the Mongols in 1237?
(a) Seething with tribal politics.
(b) United under Genghis Khan.
(c) Civil war.
(d) Fragmented by regional divisions.

4. What village is at the heart of the novel?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Minsk.
(c) Russka.
(d) Kiev.

5. What is the Russian government like in 1662?
(a) A loose series of alliances.
(b) A strong central government.
(c) Chaos.
(d) A dispersed confederation of tribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mengu?

2. Where are the Tatars in 1262?

3. Who is elected elder of Dirty Place?

4. What terminates the campaign against the Baltic?

5. What is Russia known as under Ivan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have conditions changed by 1066 AD?

2. Where does the novel begin?

3. Describe the opposition between Ivan and his brother.

4. Who is Yanka and what is her story?

5. What has changed by 1552?

6. Describe the revolution that kills Sviatopolk.

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

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

9. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

10. What is the Schism?

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