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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Count presume the stranger in the separate dining room is from in Book 3: "An Alliance"?
(a) Eastern Georgia.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Western Georgia.

2. By whom was the Count raised?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?
(a) Comrade Leplevsky.
(b) Comrade Mindich.
(c) Comrade Rostov.
(d) Comrade Tarakovsky.

4. What do Andrey and Emile bring for Sofia after her competition in Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?
(a) A cake.
(b) A pie.
(c) A bottle of champagne.
(d) A roast goose.

5. Where was Sofia's musical competition held, according to the narrator in Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?
(a) The Grand Hall.
(b) The Palace Hall.
(c) The Kopernik Hall.
(d) The school cafeteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emile's last name?

2. At what time does the Count approach the Shalyapin in the opening of Book 3: "Absinthe"?

3. What is the temperature of the ballroom said to be in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

4. Of the ballroom, the narrator says in Book 1: "An Assembly," "Of course, there is now much more canvas than cashmere in the room, more gray than gold. But is the patch on the elbow really that much different from" what?

5. By what name does the colonel introduce himself in Book 3: "An Alliance"?

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