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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 is the state of government by 1113?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Corrupt.

2. How does Stenka Razin die?
(a) He is assassinated.
(b) He is killed in battle.
(c) He is killed by a lover's husband.
(d) He is killed by the Tsar.

3. What is the veche?
(a) The marketplace.
(b) An assembly.
(c) The police.
(d) The borderland.

4. Who brings Kiy back to his mother?
(a) The Alan with the missing hand.
(b) The Alan who recently lost a son.
(c) The Alan whose children were all lost in battle.
(d) The Alans' leader.

5. Who does Stephen say will help the peasants?
(a) The monastery.
(b) No one.
(c) The Tsar.
(d) Boris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had killed Yanka's mother?

2. What commonwealth was this region preparing to join, before the Russians marched against it?

3. When did Patriarch Nikon's reforms begin?

4. Where does Andrei follow Maryushka and her husband?

5. Why are peasants leaving Boris' estate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the opposition between Ivan and his brother.

3. Where does the novel begin?

4. How have conditions changed by 1066 AD?

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

6. Describe Yanka's pregnancy and marriage.

7. Who are the Raskolniki?

8. Describe the revolution that kills Sviatopolk.

9. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

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

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