A Gentleman in Moscow Test | Final Test - Hard

Amor Towles
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Gentleman in Moscow Test | Final Test - Hard

Amor Towles
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 128 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Book 5: "An Announcement" begin?

2. In what month does Book 4: "1952: America" begin?

3. To whom does the Count take Sofia to see if she will watch over her in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting"?

4. In Book 3: "Adjustments" the narrator uses a simile in describing Sofia, saying, "When the Count served breakfast, she nibbled her biscuits like" what?

5. How old is Sofia in Book 3: "Antics, Antitheses, an Accident"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Count become upset when he first finds Sofia and Viktor in the ballroom in Book 4: “1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro”?

2. How has the setting of the hotel bar changed in Book 3: "Absinthe"? Why has it changed?

3. Why does Osip Ivanovich Glebnikov come to speak with the Count in Book 3: “An Alliance”?

4. What does the Count take from the barber shop in Book 5: “Achilles Agonistes”? How does he manage this feat?

5. Why is Mishka upset about removing the passage from the book he is editing in Book 3: “Ascending, Alighting?

6. Why does the Count meet with Pudgy Webster in Book 5: “Arrivederci”?

7. What does Katerina give to the Count in Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”? Why?

8. How has the process of taking orders changed at the Boyarsky in Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”?

9. How is Sofia's demeanor described when she first arrives to stay with the Count in Book 3: “Adjustments”?

10. How is Sofia's performance in the school competition described in Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Count's relationship with Nina. How do the Count and Nina meet? How old is Nina when she befriends the Count? What becomes of Nina?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of interpersonal relationships in A Gentleman in Moscow. What are the major relationships that are formed in the course of the story? How do these relationships impact those who are involved in them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of irony in A Gentleman in Moscow. How does the author employ irony for humorous effect in the novel? How is irony employed to develop suspense? What types of irony are seen in the novel?

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