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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Count is in Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly," he finds a hidden compartment two panels beyond what etching?
(a) "The Crowning."
(b) "Tallyho."
(c) "The Scent."
(d) "The Chase."

2. When the Count enters the ballroom in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," Nina explains that she and her friend are testing the "hypotheses of two renowned mathematicians in a single experiment." Who are the mathematicians being tested?
(a) Newton and Galileo.
(b) Pythagoras and Einstein.
(c) Einstein and Galileo.
(d) Aristotle and Plato.

3. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Steelworkers.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Taxi Drivers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.

4. What gesture of the Count's comes to infuriate Anna during her train ride in Book 2: "Addendum"?
(a) His having not sent her a letter.
(b) His having picked up her blouse.
(c) His having called her a diminutive name.
(d) His having made love to her.

5. 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?
(a) "The baton."
(b) "The woodwinds."
(c) "The tuba."
(d) "The strings."

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

7. Of the Count, the narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "his philosophical leanings had always been essentially" what?
(a) "Religious."
(b) "Fateful."
(c) "Based on chance."
(d) "Meteorological."

8. When was Anna Ubanova discovered in a regional theater on the outskirts of Odessa, according to the narrator in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1921.

9. On what date was Article 58 of the Criminal Code drafted, according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?
(a) November 17, 1929.
(b) June 12, 1887.
(c) February 25, 1927.
(d) January 3, 1928.

10. At what time is the Count crossing the lobby to the Boyarsky when Nina signals to him from behind a potted plant in Book 1: "Around and About"?
(a) 6:00.
(b) 8:00.
(c) 7:00.
(d) 5:00.

11. How old is Nina in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

12. On what date was Nikolai Bukharin "outmaneuvered by Stalin and ousted from the Poliburo," according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?
(a) January 3, 1928.
(b) November 17, 1929.
(c) June 12, 1887.
(d) February 25, 1927.

13. What activity does the narrator describe the Count doing in detail in Book 3: "1930"?
(a) Reading a newspaper.
(b) Shaving.
(c) Taking a shower.
(d) Making coffee.

14. Where did the old blind woman tell Princess Golitsyn she was going to see her son in the Count's story in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) Nevsky.
(b) Oblast.
(c) Kudrovo.
(d) Sedova.

15. What is the room number to which Anna Urbanova invites the Count to visit her in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Suite 412.
(b) Suite 317.
(c) Suite 621.
(d) Suite 208.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what firm was the Count's father's clock made to order?

2. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?

3. Who is the boy that is with Nina in the ballroom when the Count enters in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

4. Who is the author of the book of essays that the Count is reading in the beginning of Book 1: "An Appointment"?

5. What is the title of the poem that is credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov that opens the novel?

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