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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. Prior to the opening of Book 1, there is a poem credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. What is the year of the poem cited?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1922.

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

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

4. Who brings in room service when the Count visits Anna in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Audrius.
(b) Emile.
(c) Oleg.
(d) Andrey.

5. 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 Steelworkers.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Taxi Drivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what firm was the Count's father's clock made to order?

2. Who is the florist at the Hotel Metropol?

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

4. What restaurant at the Hotel Metropole is described in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship" as "that fabled retreat on the second floor"?

5. Where was Princess Golitsyn on her way to a ball in the Count's story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

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