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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the open room at the tower of the Church of Our Lady Mary?
(a) Trumpets and bows and arrows.
(b) Trumpets and food.
(c) Trumpets and guns.
(d) Trumpets, a bell rope, and flags.

2. What makes the leader of the twelve men shriek and tremble?
(a) The sudden appearance of the king of Poland.
(b) The sudden appearance of a mob of weapon-wielding Tartars.
(c) The sudden appearance of a red, fiery, glowing devil.
(d) The sudden appearance of Ivan of Russia.

3. What has a Russian ruler offered the stranger in return for something he wants?
(a) A position at the university.
(b) Coffers of gold and a castle in Ukraine.
(c) Membership into the royal family of Russia.
(d) A large plot of land and many livestock.

4. What does Joseph tell Elzbietka that he will do if he is every attacked in the tower?
(a) Play the Heynal but stop at the broken note.
(b) Play the Heynal in its entirety without stopping at the broken note.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Kill his attacker.

5. When Joseph returns to the marketplace to give his family the news about their possible lodgings, what is the scene he sees?
(a) His parents' cart surroundeded by people offering them a place to stay.
(b) His parents' cart surrounded by a mob of angry peasants.
(c) His parents' cart surrounded by the king and his royal court.
(d) His parents' cart surrounded by Tartars.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Elzbietka makes her promise to Joseph, what do they see?

2. In taking the job, what does Pan Andrew promise to do?

3. Krakow welcomes which group of people?

4. What does Kreutz hand over to Pan Andrew once at the tower in Chapter 14?

5. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?

(see the answer key)

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