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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the king learn about Ivan the Great?
(a) Ivan wants to gain control of Ukraine from Poland.
(b) Ivan wants to gain control of Krakow.
(c) Ivan wants to gain control of Poland from Ukraine.
(d) Ivan wants to gain control of Poland and Ukraine.

2. Who arrives in the modern city of Krakow?
(a) People from all Poland come to study and live.
(b) The Russians arrive to attack it.
(c) The Ukrainians arrive to attack it.
(d) The Tartars arrive to attack it.

3. How is the Vistula River different?
(a) It turns at Wawel Hill.
(b) It now swings far to the left and surrounds the new city.
(c) It is dried up.
(d) It plunges striaght through the Krakow plain.

4. What is the year in the Epilogue?
(a) 1241.
(b) 1461.
(c) 1801.
(d) 1928.

5. Once Tring sees what Kreutz puts in the middle of the room, what does he understand?
(a) He understands why Kreutz is in frequent trances.
(b) He understands why Kreutz is so worried about his niece.
(c) He understands why Stas disappeared.
(d) He understands why the Tartars hate the Polish people so much.

6. What happens to the fire?
(a) It is quickly contained because of the line drawn to keep it from speading.
(b) It burns down the king's palace.
(c) The fire rages out of control.
(d) It burns for one hour and stops by the time the Heynal is played again.

7. After he reveals the secrets, what does Kreutz tell Tring he is ready to do?
(a) Give the crystal back to its rightful owner.
(b) Flee to Kiev and continue experiments there.
(c) Another experiment.
(d) Become a priest.

8. What does every citizen in Krakow have in their homes?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Food.
(c) Extra clothing.
(d) Equipment for putting out fires.

9. What building has defied fire, siege, and war for eight centuries?
(a) The University.
(b) St. Andrew's.
(c) Old Cloth Hall.
(d) The Church of Our Lady Mary.

10. What do the people try to do with their possessions during the fire?
(a) Because the fire is contained quickly, they just have to do some clean up in their dwellings.
(b) They sell their possessions.
(c) They try to quickly rescue as much as they can from the fire.
(d) They take them to the king's palace to help his family.

11. What instrument is playing in the church in the Epilogue?
(a) The piano.
(b) The flute.
(c) The organ.
(d) The trumpet.

12. With what does Kreutz flee at the end?
(a) He flees with the crystal.
(b) He flees with his book of alchemy.
(c) He flees with the Philosopher's Stone.
(d) He flees with the cauldron.

13. Which statement best describes what happens to Joseph at the end of the novel?
(a) He finishes his studies at the University of Krakow and marries Elzbietka.
(b) He helps to rebuild the city of Krakow.
(c) He decides to not finish his studies in order to marry Elzbietka.
(d) He stays at the University and teaches with Jan Kanty.

14. When Peter is in the tower, Joseph finally learns the name of the crystal. What is it?
(a) The Great Charnetski Crystal
(b) The Great Tarnov Crystal.
(c) The Great Kiev Crystal.
(d) The Great Krakow Crystal.

15. While in the trance in Chapter 13, what does Kreutz do?
(a) He talks about his niece.
(b) He mixes chemicals so that there is an explosion.
(c) He walks to the king's palace.
(d) He returns the crystal to Pan Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pan Andrew ask Joseph to do during the fire?

2. Who arrives at the tower with Nicholas Kreutz?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Kreutz put in the middle of the room?

4. What is the best description of the castles in the Epilogue?

5. What is done to help fight the fire?

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