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

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

3. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." that "setting aside the study of the liberal arts," "the rules of being a princess would begin with" what?
(a) "An aristocratic heritage."
(b) "A perception of thought."
(c) "A great wealth."
(d) "A refinement of manners."

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

5. Who is manning the front desk at the Hotel Metropol when the Count arrives in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Emile.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Fyodor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. How tall is the Count described as being?

5. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?

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