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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. What was the Decembrist conspiracy?

2. What does Popov obtain from Peter Suvorin?

3. What does Dmitri promise Rose?

4. What is Nicolai's relation with Misha?

5. What does Tatiana interrupt in 1844?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Savva Suvorin do after he is freed?

6. Describe Popov's subversive activities.

7. Describe Alexander Bobrov's imprisonment.

8. What happens to Nicolai and Grigory?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of religion in "Russka"? How does Rutherfurd characterize Russian religion, and what place does it occupy in Russian society and politics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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