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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 Novikov?
(a) Alexander's mentor.
(b) A spy.
(c) Alexander's student.
(d) A prominent Freemason.

2. What philosophers do Nicolai and his companions talk about on the train?
(a) Locke and Rousseau.
(b) Kant and Hegel.
(c) Plato and Aristotle.
(d) Hegel and Marx.

3. Who is Russia preparing to fight in 1812?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Charlemagne.

4. What bothers Alexander about Mrs. Suvorin?
(a) Her daughter's behavior.
(b) Her sympathy for revolutionaries.
(c) Her demanding nature.
(d) Her relationship with Popov.

5. What happens in the duel between Sergei and Pinegin?
(a) Sergei is injured.
(b) Sergei is killed.
(c) Pinegin is killed.
(d) Neither man is injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vladimir Ilych Unyanov?

2. What deadline does the Countess give Alexander?

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

4. What does Dmitri promise Rose?

5. How does Rosa Abramovich die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Popov's subversive activities.

2. Describe Savva Suvorin's arrival in Moscow.

3. What happens to the Jews in Russia after 1881?

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

5. How does Daniel die?

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

7. Describe Tatiana's relationship with Savva Suvorin.

8. What role do Madame Adelaide de Ronville's salons play in Russka?

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

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

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