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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 the only escape from serfdom?

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

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

4. What are the Rosicrucians dedicated to?

5. Whose meeting does Alexander attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Daniel die?

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

3. Describe Tatiana's relationship with Savva Suvorin.

4. Describe the state of the opposition to the Tsar in Chapters 7 and 8.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you were to boil Russian history down to a few main themes, what would you say are the primary oppositions, century to century? How did the progress of history change the nature of those oppositions? How did the past affect how Russia encountered these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "Russka". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

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

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