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

2. What is the title of the poem that is credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov that opens the novel?
(a) "Where Is It Now?"
(b) "The Battle Station."
(c) "Dancing."
(d) "The Round Table."

3. Where is the Count to meet Nina for his appointment in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) The hotel coffeehouse.
(b) The Boyarsky.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) Nina's suite.

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

5. What bridge does the Count describe Princess Golitsyn's carriage crossing in his story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) The Zhivopisny Bridge.
(b) The Palace Bridge.
(c) The Russky Bridge.
(d) The Lomonosov Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Dr. Stahlbaum's children?

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

3. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

4. Whose magical ball of thread led Theseas safely from the lair of the Minotaur, according to the narrator in Book 1: "Around and About"?

5. When did Serov paint the portrait of Helena, according to the narrator in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

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