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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 Sergei's sentence?

2. What was Novikov arrested for?

3. What happens to the streltsy?

4. How many children does Andrei have?

5. Whose meeting does Alexander attend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Daniel die?

7. What are Nicolai's views on religion?

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

9. Describe Alexander Bobrov's imprisonment.

10. What is Alexander Bobrov's relationship with Nadezhda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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.

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