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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 Nicolai tell Misha?
(a) That he is already dead.
(b) That he will live forever.
(c) That his legacy might be unrecognizable, but he will still be alive.
(d) That he will be alive as long as he (Nicolai) remembers him.

2. What organization is Procopy part of?
(a) The rebellion.
(b) The monkhood.
(c) The secret police.
(d) The Raskolniki.

3. What does Nicolai believe will replace God?
(a) Science.
(b) Technology.
(c) Nations.
(d) The people.

4. What does Savva try to buy in 1844?
(a) Land.
(b) A business.
(c) His freedom.
(d) A wife.

5. When was Alexander released from the Russka monastery?
(a) 1796.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1791.
(d) 1774.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vladimir Suvorin?

2. Under what condition will Bobrov be included in Madame Adelaide de Ronville's estate?

3. What kind of poetry does Sergei recite at the Feast?

4. Who is Count Benckendorft?

5. Who is Russia preparing to fight in 1812?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Alexander Bobrov's imprisonment.

2. What happens to Nicolai and Grigory?

3. How does Daniel die?

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

5. What is the relationship between Alexander Bobrov and the Suvorins?

6. What does Savva Suvorin do after he is freed?

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

8. Describe the state of the opposition to the Tsar in Chapters 7 and 8.

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

10. How does Rutherfurd describe the Russian experience of the Napoleonic War?

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