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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. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?
(a) June 12, 1887.
(b) September, 20, 1885.
(c) March 12, 1902.
(d) October 24, 1889.

2. Who is the barber of the Metropol Hotel?
(a) Yaroslav.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Fyodor.

3. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Twelfth Night.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Hamlet.

4. When did Serov paint the portrait of Helena, according to the narrator in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1921.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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..."?

2. Where is the Count to meet Nina for his appointment in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

3. 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?

4. What are the names of the bellhops at the Hotel Metropol?

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

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