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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 Suvorin's response to Ivan Romanov?
(a) He nominates someone else for the position.
(b) He accepts the commission.
(c) He refuses his offer.
(d) He makes a counterproposal.

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

3. Who is Vladimir Ilych Unyanov?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) The brother of a conspirator.
(c) A revolutionary leader.
(d) A landowner.

4. How long has Nicolai been in St. Petersburg in 1891?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) His whole life.

5. What does Nicolai try to find?
(a) A partner to start a business.
(b) An assassin to kill the Tsar.
(c) People to rise against the government.
(d) Supporters in his political bid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa Abramovich do after her father's death?

2. When does the Tsar dissolve the duma?

3. Who is Nadezhda in love with?

4. Who is Popov trying to decide in Chapter 10?

5. What does Alexander refuse to ask Tatiana's father for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens to Nicolai and Grigory?

6. Describe Savva Suvorin's arrival in Moscow.

7. Describe Alexander Bobrov's imprisonment.

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

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

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

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