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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 Tatiana interrupt in 1844?
(a) Savva's flogging.
(b) Pinegin's revenge.
(c) Sergei's sentencing.
(d) Olga's marriage.

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

3. Who is Count Benckendorft?
(a) An officer of the Third Department.
(b) A reformer.
(c) An agent provocateur.
(d) A military office.

4. What is Sergei's relationship with Olga?
(a) Friend.
(b) Half brother.
(c) Mentor.
(d) Cousin.

5. How are Natalia and Grigory killed?
(a) In a warehouse fire.
(b) In a flood.
(c) In the revolution.
(d) They are executed for their political activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicolai find when he reaches the country?

2. What does Suvorin offer Ivan Romanov?

3. Who does Dmitri find Vladimir naked with?

4. What is Alexander Bobrov seeking in 1802?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Karpenko's relationship with Nadezhda?

2. Describe the conditions in Russia in 1891.

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

4. What was Tsar Peter's plan for modernizing Russia?

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

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

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

8. What are the political implications of the Tsar's acts during the Great War?

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

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

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