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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 brothers.
(b) One of his father's grooms.
(c) One of the Prince of Polotsk's men.
(d) Shchek.

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

3. Who are the Raskolniki?
(a) The Tsar's troops.
(b) Terrorists.
(c) A reform movement.
(d) Monks.

4. What is Russia known as under Ivan?
(a) Russka.
(b) Kazan.
(c) Oprichnina.
(d) Muscovy.

5. What does Stephen change for the priests' sake?
(a) How much money he contributes to the peasants.
(b) His language.
(c) His religion.
(d) Some icons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elena tell Boris that makes him happy?

2. Who does Andrei stay with on his travels?

3. What do the Cossacks get in 1649?

4. Who do the Cossacks meet with during Bright Week?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the novel begin?

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

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

4. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

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

6. What is the Schism?

7. Describe Ivan's story.

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

9. Describe the lifestyles of Lebed and her people.

10. Describe the political state of Russia in 1262.

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