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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: “Adjustments” — “Addendum”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the smoking jacket that the Count wears to celebrate his anniversary of confinement at the Hotel Metropole in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Green.

2. 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) "The Scent."
(c) "Tallyho."
(d) "The Chase."

3. In what room of the hotel has the Count met with Anna in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?
(a) Suite 317.
(b) Suite 311.
(c) Suite 215.
(d) Suite 412.

4. Where is Katerina Litvinova from?
(a) Moscow.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Kiev.

5. On what date do the Count and Nina sneak into the balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) August 2.
(b) March 12.
(c) June 3.
(d) June 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Count go to see Marina in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

2. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?

3. On what date was Nikolai Bukharin "outmaneuvered by Stalin and ousted from the Poliburo," according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?

4. Who is described as the sous-chef of the Boyarsky in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?

5. 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?

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