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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 is Andrei traveling to in 1703?

2. What was Misha fighting in 1855?

3. What does Vladimir Suvorin bring from the south?

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

5. What is Alexander Bobrov seeking in 1802?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Daniel die?

6. Describe Savva Suvorin's arrival in Moscow.

7. What is Karpenko's relationship with Nadezhda?

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

9. Describe Alexander Bobrov's imprisonment.

10. What is Mrs. Suvorin's relationship with Popov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the history of reformers or opposition to the Tsar, or central government. What parties did this opposition represent, and when were they most successful? When were they least successful?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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