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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: "Anyway..." - "Around and About".

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 Shalyapin.
(b) The Boyarsky.
(c) The Idlehour.
(d) The Piazza.

2. What restaurant at the Hotel Metropole is described in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship" as "that fabled retreat on the second floor"?
(a) The Boyarsky.
(b) The Shalyapin.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Idlehour.

3. How old is Nina when she befriends the Count?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

4. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." "Manners are not like" what?
(a) "Bonbons."
(b) "Clothing."
(c) "Gold coins."
(d) "Flowers."

5. 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) Kudrovo.
(c) Oblast.
(d) Nevsky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of the book of essays that the Count is reading in the beginning of Book 1: "An Appointment"?

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"?

4. On what day of the week does the Count go for his weekly trim at the hotel barber?

5. Who is the baron that managed the Hotel Metropole when the Count's godfather was involved in a duel?

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