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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. Why does Ilya leave Russia?

2. Where does Sergei work after school?

3. What happens in the duel between Sergei and Pinegin?

4. What is Popov knowledgeable about in his discussion on the train?

5. How old is Nicolai in 1891?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Nicolai and Grigory?

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

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

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

5. How does Daniel die?

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

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

8. What happens to the Jews in Russia after 1881?

9. Describe Tatiana's relationship with Savva Suvorin.

10. Describe Popov's subversive activities.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you say Rutherfurd defines the Russian character? How does he distinguish it from other nations' character? What contradictions does he describe in the Russian character?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of change in "Russka". Does the novel describe long-term development? Does it describe the unfolding of a national personality over 1,800 years? How does it treat that historical personality?

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