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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: “1954: Applause and Acclaim” — “Adulthood”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the barber of the Metropol Hotel?
(a) Yaroslav.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Arkady.

2. Which of the objects dropped from the ballroom balcony is described as "the Count's personal favorite" in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) The egg.
(b) The pineapple.
(c) The coin.
(d) The teacup.

3. Whose work will Sofia be performing with the orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory in Paris in Book 5: "1954: Applause and Acclaim"?
(a) Mozart's.
(b) Beethoven's.
(c) Rachmaninov's.
(d) Bach's.

4. When did the Germans begin their retreat from Moscow in Operation Barbarossa?
(a) March, 1942.
(b) June, 1941.
(c) March, 1943.
(d) January, 1942.

5. Where does the Red October Youth Orchestra operate?
(a) Stalingrad.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." that "setting aside the study of the liberal arts," "the rules of being a princess would begin with" what?

2. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

3. What do the Count and Sofia have for lunch at the Piazza in Book 3: "Adjustments"?

4. In Book 3: "Arachne's Art," the author uses a simile in describing Emile. It is stated, "If the kitchen of the Boyarsky is an orchestra and Emile its conductor, then his chopping knife is" what?

5. Whose magical ball of thread led Theseas safely from the lair of the Minotaur, according to the narrator in Book 1: "Around and About"?

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