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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 Vladimir Suvorin bring from the south?
(a) Political subversion.
(b) Grain.
(c) Money.
(d) Arms.

2. Who does Alexander see visit the Suvorin house?
(a) Popov.
(b) Rosa Abramovich.
(c) Karpenko.
(d) Sergei.

3. What was Peter impressed by?
(a) European ways.
(b) The profitability of trade with the West.
(c) Chinese wisdom.
(d) Russian populism.

4. What are the Rosicrucians dedicated to?
(a) Extending technical innovations.
(b) A new order.
(c) Protecting the old order.
(d) Westernization.

5. Why does Ilya leave Russia?
(a) To write a book.
(b) To escape from his wife.
(c) To make money.
(d) To escape persecution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Arina?

2. What does Popov obtain from Peter Suvorin?

3. What deadline does the Countess give Alexander?

4. What happened to estates in the south when the Tsar Russianized?

5. How long has Nicolai been in St. Petersburg in 1891?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Rosa Abramovich's and Peter Suvorin?

2. How did the revolution of 1905 begin in Russia?

3. What is Karpenko's relationship with Nadezhda?

4. What is Mrs. Suvorin's relationship with Popov?

5. Why does Pinegin want revenge against Sergei, and how does he get it?

6. Describe the conditions in Russia in 1891.

7. When the narrative resumes in 1827, what trouble is Sergei having?

8. Who is Pavlo, and what is his role in Russka?

9. Describe Alexander Bobrov's imprisonment.

10. Describe Nicolai's discussion with Popov on the train to Moscow.

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