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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. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?
2. As the Charnetskis are waiting to see their apartment for the first time, which activity of Jan Kanty's do they witness?
3. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?
4. What is the oath taken by the trumpeter?
5. Where does Joseph find his family a place to stay?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the reader learn about the stranger in Chapter 8?
2. Explain what Joseph Charnetski does and what he realizes when the stranger initially rides up to him while in the caravan in Chapter 1.
3. What does Pan Andrew explain to Jan Kanty in Chapter 4 once the mob scene has dissipated?
4. In Chapter 8, what reason does Joseph give Elzbietka for why the scholar they see is not speaking at the University?
5. Describe why the last note the trumpeter plays is broken.
6. What are some of the things that Joseph notices when he spies on Tring and Kreutz in Chapter 7?
7. Why do the Polish people decide not to defend Krakow and let the Tartars pillage their city?
8. Provide some characteristics of the new lodgings for the Charnetski family.
9. What was the meeting between Joseph and Stas like in the courtyard as described in Chapter 6?
10. What is Joseph's father being accused of in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Based on your understanding of the character of the Tartar people as described in the novel, why do you think the Tartars did not succeed as a nation? What contributed to their downfall? In the novel, does it seem like they are a powerful group or can you tell that they are going to experience a downfall?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the conflict between superstition and science in the novel. Do you think this was an important issue to the author? What is he trying to portray by returning to this conflict? Does the conflict seem relevant to the main theme of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast culture and academics in Krakow in 1462 with the culture and academics in Krakow in 1928 at the time of the author's writing. Are they all that different? Why do you think that modern culture has roots that extend to times of centuries gone by?
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