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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Elzbietka asks Joseph why women are not allowed to study at the university, what is his answer?
(a) He says that the law states women are not allowed to be educated.
(b) He says that men are jealous of women and they don't want the women to know more than the men.
(c) He says that he does not know the reason.
(d) He says that women are not as intelligent as men.

2. What does Pan Andrew say to Joseph when Joseph asks what is lighting up the room?
(a) He tells Joseph that it is a large crystal.
(b) He tells Joseph that he will know in due time.
(c) He tells Joseph that it is a lantern.
(d) He tells Joseph that it is a fire from an experiment.

3. Which best describes the Tartars' religious belief?
(a) They do not know God.
(b) They are Jewish.
(c) They believe in God.
(d) They are Buddhists.

4. What is the trumpeter thinking when he sees the fierce men looking up at him after the attack on Krakow?
(a) He decides to flee to the castle.
(b) He decides to wait for the Polish army to rescue him.
(c) He thinks he should kill himself.
(d) He knows he is alone in the midst of a terrible enemy.

5. When Joseph and Elzbietka turn on to the Street of Pigeons after Elzbietka's question about women studying, who identifies them to someone else?
(a) Nicholas Kreutz.
(b) Jan Kanty.
(c) Stas.
(d) Pan Andrew Charnetski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?

2. When Joseph further investigates Elzbietka's concerns, what does he see?

3. At the palace gate, what suggestion does the guard give to Pan Andrew?

4. What is the name of the fortress and castle of the king of Poland on a hill above the Vistula River?

5. Why is Jan Kanty well respected in Krakow?

(see the answer key)

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