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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: “1954: Applause and Acclaim” — “Adulthood”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 3: "Adjustments" the narrator uses a simile in describing Sofia, saying, "When the Count served breakfast, she nibbled her biscuits like" what?
(a) "A Trappist."
(b) "A rabbit."
(c) "A squirrel."
(d) A mouse."

2. Where are the Count and Sofia going to dine in the opening of Book 4: "1952: America"?
(a) The Spotted Dog.
(b) The Piazza.
(c) The Shalyapin.
(d) The Boyarsky.

3. Whose magical ball of thread led Theseas safely from the lair of the Minotaur, according to the narrator in Book 1: "Around and About"?
(a) Ariadne's.
(b) Ares's.
(c) Poseidon's.
(d) Ophelia's.

4. Who is the fruit seller that Count Rostov calls out to when he is escorted from the Kremlin onto Red Square in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Emile.
(b) Ilya.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Andrey.

5. How much money does the lieutenant lose in the narrator's story of the princess's birthday party in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) 1,000 rubles.
(b) 300 rubles.
(c) 500 rubles.
(d) 2,000 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nina in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

2. What is the title of the poem that is credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov that opens the novel?

3. To what does the Count compare "how time passes when one is left waiting unaccountably" in the opening of Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?

4. What is the Count's response when the couple asks him "What are you doing here?" in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

5. In what room of the hotel has the Count met with Anna in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?

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