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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 is Suvorin's response to Ivan Romanov?

2. Why does Madame Adelaide de Ronville propose to include Bobrov in her will?

3. Who is Count Benckendorft?

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

5. What does Vladimir Suvorin bring from the south?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Alexander Bobrov's arrest and imprisonment?

2. Who is Madame Adelaide de Ronville, and what does Alexander Bobrov need from her?

3. Describe Tatiana's relationship with Savva Suvorin.

4. How does Daniel die?

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

6. What is Alexander Bobrov's relationship with Sergei?

7. What happens to Nicolai and Grigory?

8. Describe the conditions in Russia in 1891.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of "Russka"--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Is the absence of the 20th century a flaw in "Russka"?

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