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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: “1926: Adieu”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." that "setting aside the study of the liberal arts," "the rules of being a princess would begin with" what?
(a) "A great wealth."
(b) "A perception of thought."
(c) "A refinement of manners."
(d) "An aristocratic heritage."

2. Where does Anna take a train in the beginning of Book 2: "Addendum"?
(a) Irkutsk Oblast.
(b) Primosky Krai.
(c) Nizhny Novgorod.
(d) St. Petersburg.

3. 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 Russky Bridge.
(c) The Lomonosov Bridge.
(d) The Palace Bridge.

4. Of the Count, the narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "his philosophical leanings had always been essentially" what?
(a) "Based on chance."
(b) "Meteorological."
(c) "Fateful."
(d) "Religious."

5. 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?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?

2. 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..."?

3. Who is the boy that is with Nina in the ballroom when the Count enters in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

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

5. What does Count Rostov give as his current address in the court transcript that appears before the opening of Book 1?

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