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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anna take a train in the beginning of Book 2: "Addendum"?
(a) Irkutsk Oblast.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Primosky Krai.
(d) Nizhny Novgorod.

2. Prior to the opening of Book 1, there is a poem credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. What is the year of the poem cited?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1922.

3. On what date does Book 1: "Around and About" open?
(a) September 12.
(b) June 21.
(c) March 13.
(d) July 12.

4. Who is the author of the book of essays that the Count is reading in the beginning of Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) Federova.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Montaigne.
(d) Breguet.

5. What does the Count order at the dining room adjacent to the lobby of the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship"?
(a) A Caesar salad and potato cakes.
(b) Okroshka and filet of sole.
(c) Vichyssoise and veal.
(d) Lamb stew and potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Princess Golitsyn on her way to a ball in the Count's story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

2. What are the names of the bellhops at the Hotel Metropol?

3. What is Anna Urbanova's profession?

4. In what room of the hotel has the Count met with Anna in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?

5. In what room is the Count standing when Book 2: "1926: Adieu" begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Count alter his living quarters in Book 1: “Around and About”?

2. How are the Count's quarters described at the hotel?

3. How is Nina described when the Count first befriends her?

4. Whose meeting do the Count and Nina eavesdrop on in Book 1: “An Assembly”? Where is the meeting held?

5. What are Emile and Andrey's positions at the Metropol?

6. Who does the Count encounter on the roof of the Metropol in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”? What impact does this encounter have?

7. How is the Boyarsky described? Where is it located?

8. Where is Nina going in Book 3: “Arachne's Art”? Why?

9. How does Nina access the different rooms of the hotel? What rooms does she show the Count in Book 1: “Around and About”?

10. What is the Count's sentence that is decreed in the opening of the novel? What crime did the Count commit?

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