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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary” — “1924: Anonymity”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the bellhops at the Hotel Metropol?
(a) Emile and Andrey.
(b) Audrius and Fyodor.
(c) Pavel and Arkady.
(d) Pasha and Petya.

2. By what firm was the Count's father's clock made to order?
(a) Breguet.
(b) Montaigne.
(c) Brunel.
(d) Federova.

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

4. Who is the statue of that sits outside the door of room 316 of the Hotel Metropole?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Gorky.
(d) Odin.

5. Who is the baron that managed the Hotel Metropole when the Count's godfather was involved in a duel?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Keffler.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Audrius.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Mr. Halecki's first name?

4. Who is the barber of the Metropol Hotel?

5. How tall is the Count described as being?

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