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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. On what date does Book 1: "Around and About" open?
(a) July 12.
(b) June 21.
(c) March 13.
(d) September 12.

2. On what date do the Count and Nina sneak into the balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) June 3.
(b) March 12.
(c) June 21.
(d) August 2.

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"?
(a) Ares's.
(b) Ariadne's.
(c) Poseidon's.
(d) Ophelia's.

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

5. Why does Mr. Halecki call the Count to his office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) To tell him that the KGB has been asking for him.
(b) To tell him that the staff has been instructed not to use honorifics when addressing him.
(c) To tell him that he is being fired as headwaiter at the Boyarsky.
(d) To tell him that he is being evicted from the hotel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

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

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

5. For what time is the Count's appointment with Nina Kulikova set in the opening of Book 1: "Anyway..."?

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