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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. What does the Count order at the dining room adjacent to the lobby of the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship"?
(a) A Caesar salad and potato cakes.
(b) Vichyssoise and veal.
(c) Lamb stew and potatoes.
(d) Okroshka and filet of sole.

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

3. 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 Shalyapin.
(c) The Idlehour.
(d) The Boyarsky.

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

5. At what time is the Count crossing the lobby to the Boyarsky when Nina signals to him from behind a potted plant in Book 1: "Around and About"?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 7:00.
(c) 6:00.
(d) 8:00.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?

2. Who comes to fetch the Count to Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

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

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

5. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

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