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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. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?
(a) The Boyarsky.
(b) The Piazza.
(c) The Shalyapin.
(d) The Idlehour.

2. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Taxi Drivers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Steelworkers.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.

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

4. What is Anna Urbanova's profession?
(a) She is an actress.
(b) She is a singer.
(c) She is a pianist.
(d) She is a dancer.

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) Vichyssoise and veal.
(c) Lamb stew and potatoes.
(d) Okroshka and filet of sole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Katerina Litvinova from?

2. Who comes to fetch the Count to Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

3. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

4. How old is the Count when Sofia comes into his care?

5. Where is the Count planning on meeting with Mishka in the beginning of Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

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