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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. What year does Ivan find out it is?
(a) 899 AD.
(b) 980 AD.
(c) 890 AD.
(d) 900 AD.

2. What did the woman say to Ivan?
(a) Ask me to marry you.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Marry me.
(d) Both of these.

3. What does Ivan ask Brother Sergei to do?
(a) Hide the stories from Father Lukas.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Write down the stories that he has been told so Ivan can preserve them.

4. What do both Katerina and Matfei believe Ivan was being raised to be?
(a) None of these.
(b) A bishop.
(c) A cleric.
(d) A merchant.

5. What does Katerina ask of her father?
(a) To give Ivan a chance.
(b) To help her get Ivan home.
(c) To instruct her as to what to do about Ivan's lack of desire for her.
(d) To make a man of Ivan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Ivan walk away and leave this task to someone else?

2. What was Yaga's real disappointment?

3. Who had sent the bear after Katerina?

4. What happened in the clearing?

5. Why did Yaga take pains to sever the eye at the back of the optic nerve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Vanya finally decide to let the Mohel circumcise him?

2. What was the difference in the way cousin Marek and Ivan had gained their muscles and toned bodies?

3. What had Yaga done to convey her message to her late husband?

4. What was Yaga supposed to have felt, but didn't?

5. Why was it unrealistic that Vanya was imagining Abraham in the forest and countryside? Why didn't this stop him from his fantasy?

6. In what ways was the young man that had rescued the princess not what Yaga had suspected?

7. What was Katerina's justification for their treatment and purchase of slaves?

8. What issue did Ivan have once he had hit the bear?

9. How does Ivan justify his wearing the princess' hoose?

10. Why couldn't Yaga simply kill the girl and take over the kingdom?

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