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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. How long has Nicolai been in St. Petersburg in 1891?

2. What does Popov obtain from Peter Suvorin?

3. Who is Popov trying to decide in Chapter 10?

4. What is Nicolai's relation with Misha?

5. Who is Russia preparing to fight in 1812?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Madame Adelaide de Ronville, and what does Alexander Bobrov need from her?

2. Describe the relationship between Rosa Abramovich's and Peter Suvorin?

3. Describe the conditions in Russia in 1891.

4. What is the relationship between Alexander Bobrov and the Suvorins?

5. What are the political implications of the Tsar's acts during the Great War?

6. When the narrative resumes in 1827, what trouble is Sergei having?

7. How does Rutherfurd describe the Russian experience of the Napoleonic War?

8. How did the revolution of 1905 begin in Russia?

9. What are Nicolai's views on religion?

10. What does Savva Suvorin do after he is freed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would "Russka" be different if it were told more from the perspective of the women in the prominent families? What experiences dose Rutherfurd allude to, but not elaborate on, in the realm of women?

Essay Topic 2

How would Rutherfurd describe history, do you think? How could another writer have written a story that covered the same time period, but told it with a different focus or emphasis?

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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