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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. What date is described in Book 3: "Arachne's Art" as "the launch of the First Five-Year Plan"?
(a) March 12, 1902.
(b) January 3, 1928.
(c) September, 20, 1885.
(d) June 12, 1887.

2. Where is the Count planning on meeting with Mishka in the beginning of Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) The Shalyapin.
(b) The hotel coffee shop.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Boyarsky.

3. 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) Kudrovo.
(b) Oblast.
(c) Nevsky.
(d) Sedova.

4. On what date does Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary" begin?
(a) March 12.
(b) June 21.
(c) July 2.
(d) June 13.

5. What restaurant at the Hotel Metropole is described in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship" as "that fabled retreat on the second floor"?
(a) The Boyarsky.
(b) The Idlehour.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Shalyapin.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date do the Count and Nina sneak into the balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

2. The narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "In the history of man, no military commissary has" done what?

3. How tall is the Count described as being?

4. When was Anna Ubanova discovered in a regional theater on the outskirts of Odessa, according to the narrator in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?

5. What bridge does the Count describe Princess Golitsyn's carriage crossing in his story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Count's first encounter with the actress described in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”?

3. What does the Count do with Anna's blouse before leaving her suite in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”? Why?

4. Who does the Count encounter on the Metropol roof in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”? What is their exchange like?

5. How is the Count's clock described in the narrative? Where was it obtained?

6. How does the narrative style change in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”?

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

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

9. What causes the conflict at the barber shop in Book 1:” An Appointment”?

10. How is the lieutenant described in the Count's story in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”?

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