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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 does Sergei attend school?

2. What are the Rosicrucians dedicated to?

3. Who is Ivan Mazeppa?

4. What was the priest at Russka accused of when the police arrived to arrest him?

5. How old is Alexander in 1913?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daniel die?

2. How does Rutherfurd describe the Russian experience of the Napoleonic War?

3. Describe Tatiana's relationship with Savva Suvorin.

4. What are the political implications of the Tsar's acts during the Great War?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Popov's subversive activities.

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 influences led to the end of serfdom in Russia? Were these influences naturally Russian influences, or were the imported from without?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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