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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: “Adjustments” — “Addendum”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Count and Sofia have for lunch at the Piazza in Book 3: "Adjustments"?
(a) Veal.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Venison.
(d) Duck.

2. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1905.

3. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?
(a) Comrade Rostov.
(b) Comrade Leplevsky.
(c) Comrade Tarakovsky.
(d) Comrade Mindich.

4. What is Pavel's last name?
(a) Litvinova.
(b) Kulikova.
(c) Mindich.
(d) Ivanovich.

5. How old is the Count when Sofia comes into his care?
(a) 48.
(b) 36.
(c) 39.
(d) 59.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what province does the Count tell Anna he spent a good part of his youth in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

2. What activity does the narrator describe the Count doing in detail in Book 3: "1930"?

3. What date is described in Book 3: "Arachne's Art" as "the launch of the First Five-Year Plan"?

4. Of the ballroom, the narrator says in Book 1: "An Assembly," "Of course, there is now much more canvas than cashmere in the room, more gray than gold. But is the patch on the elbow really that much different from" what?

5. What gesture of the Count's comes to infuriate Anna during her train ride in Book 2: "Addendum"?

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