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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What best describes how the music is played in the Epilogue?
(a) Four times the flutist sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.
(b) One time the trumpter sounds the Heynal.
(c) Five times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal.
(d) Four times the trumpeter sounds the Heynal, once at each of the four windows.

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

4. What do men and women of the twentieth century think of when they hear the music?
(a) They think of the days whe the young life was given to country, God, and duty.
(b) They think of the Great Tarnov Crystal.
(c) They think of Joseph Charnetski.
(d) They think of Pan Andrew Charnetski.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was renovated during the Renaissance?

2. What does the king give to Pan Andrew?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what does Kreutz tell Tring?

4. To where does the guard escort the person Joseph is amazed to see?

5. How much of the city is destroyed by the fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Kreutz reveals that he has the crystal in Chapter 14, describe his feelings.

2. In Chapter 10, what happens on the rickety stairway that leads to the Charnetski family apartment?

3. Describe the Vistula River as it is explained in the Epilogue.

4. Explain what happens to the Charnetski family at the end of Chapter 16.

5. Describe the chief glory of the city of Krakow as it is explained in the Epilogue.

6. What is the ancient legend of Krakus?

7. Describe how the Epilogue explains the Heynal is played.

8. What does Peter of the Button Face say to the king regarding why he is in Krakow in Chapter 15?

9. Describe how the people of Krakow put out fires in general and in Chapter 14.

10. What is the threat Peter of the Button Face gives to Joseph before Michael the Snake takes Joseph from the tower in Chapter 11?

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