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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: "An Assembly" - "Advent".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1890.

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

3. 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) Kudrovo.
(c) Oblast.
(d) Sedova.

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

5. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?
(a) Comrade Leplevsky.
(b) Comrade Tarakovsky.
(c) Comrade Mindich.
(d) Comrade Rostov.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nina when she befriends the Count?

2. 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"?

3. On what date does Book 1: "Around and About" open?

4. Where was Princess Golitsyn on her way to a ball in the Count's story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

5. What verb is called into question in the charter by the members of the meeting in the ballroom in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

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