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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have Ivan's father and brothers gone?

2. Who does Yanka have a relationship with?

3. What does Ivan tell his parents he wants to be?

4. What is the goal of the Mongols?

5. Who are the Raskolniki?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of political alliance does Milei suggest, and why does this injure Yanka?

2. Where does the novel begin?

3. What is the political situation in Russia when the novel leaps forward to 1647?

4. Describe the uprising led by Stenka Razin.

5. What problem is Boris Bobrov having with his estate and how does he solve it?

6. Who has the most power in this earliest chapter?

7. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

8. Describe Ivan's story.

9. Describe the setting and story being told when the story shifts to 1237.

10. Why does Bobrov have a grudge against Stephen the monk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the price of historical progress as Russia develops from the 1600s to the 1900s? What is gained? What is given up, or lost? For example, is brutality the price of progress, as under Tsar Peter? Was culture lost as Russia Westernized?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Russia respond to the industrial revolution differently than the European countries? What Russian social structures and customs influenced its reaction to the industrial revolution?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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