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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 is Yanka?
(a) A daughter of Mengu.
(b) Milei's sister.
(c) Batu Khan's daughter.
(d) A descendent of Shchek.

2. What is Boris' only option?
(a) Sending his children away.
(b) Raising taxes on his peasants.
(c) Allying himself with a former enemy.
(d) Fleeing his region.

3. 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.

4. What does Elena tell Boris that makes him happy?
(a) That the children will listen to her.
(b) That his doctor said he will be better soon.
(c) That the Tsar is going to help them.
(d) That she is pregnant.

5. What terminates the campaign against the Baltic?
(a) Elena's pregnancy.
(b) Heresy trials.
(c) The departure of the peasantry.
(d) The plot against Ivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of the Mongols?

2. What do the Cossacks get in 1649?

3. Who finds Ivan?

4. What is the capital of Russia in Chapter 2?

5. Why are peasants leaving Boris' estate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Stephen die?

3. Describe the political state of Russia in 1262.

4. Describe the uprising led by Stenka Razin.

5. What is the Schism?

6. Where does the novel begin?

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

8. Describe Yanka's pregnancy and marriage.

9. Describe the lifestyles of Lebed and her people.

10. Describe Andrei Karpenko's relationship with Maryushka.

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