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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. Where does the Communist government agree to hold discussions with the protesters?

2. Where are the two young men sent by Lubonski during Easter?

3. Who is hanged for stealing a rabbit?

4. What ends the reform movement started by the Seym?

5. When Turkey and the Ottoman Empire begIn to expand in 1683, who does Germany, France, the Papal States, Hungary and Austria ask for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. What color cord does Mustafa wear around his neck and what is its significance?

2. Who are the Teutonic Knights? Who is their leader when they relocate to northern Poland in 1226?

3. After the meeting in Chapter 1, who does Bukowski meet and what deal is arranged?

4. What complaint do the farmers make at the beginning of the book?

5. Who is Tytus Bukowski and what is his accomplishment?

6. Who defeats the Swedes in Poland and how do they do it?

7. Where are Baron Lasharz Lubonski's properties when Poland is partitioned in 1772? Where are castles Bukowo and Gorka located at this time?

8. How do Pawel and Janko get arrested on their spy mission and why do they want to be detained?

9. Who is Catherine the Great and what is her plan for Poland?

10. When and where does the book open, and what special event begins the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define exposition and discuss the exposition of this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition in "Poland"? How is the information presented to the reader? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in the novel. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the antagonist in "Poland". Is the antagonist one person, a particular family, or several people in this novel? Is the antagonist consistent throughout the novel? Explain your reasoning.

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