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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. Who is Yanka?

2. Where does Lebed find Kiy after he wanders off?

3. Who finds Ivan?

4. Where do the Russians march against?

5. Who is Stanislaus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Bobrov family up to in 1647?

2. Describe Yanka's interactions with Peter.

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

4. What is the nature of the political system in 1067?

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

6. Describe the controversy over the icons in Russka.

7. Describe the lifestyles of Lebed and her people.

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

9. What is the Schism?

10. What happens when Tsar Ivan divides his estate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would Rutherfurd describe history, do you think? How could another writer have written a story that covered the same time period, but told it with a different focus or emphasis?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the overall form of the novel "Russka". Is it one overarching story, or is it a series of discrete stories that don't necessarily add up to a master narrative.

Essay Topic 3

What foreign ideas, technologies, or other developments had the strongest influence?

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