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

2. What is Anna Urbanova's profession?
(a) She is an actress.
(b) She is a pianist.
(c) She is a singer.
(d) She is a dancer.

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

4. Who is the handyman that the Count occasionally shares cups of coffee with on the roof of the Hotel Metropole?
(a) Emile.
(b) Andrey.
(c) Abram.
(d) Oleg.

5. In what province does the Count tell Anna he spent a good part of his youth in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Irkutsk Oblast.
(b) Nizhny Novgorod.
(c) Primosky Krai.
(d) Zabaykalsky Krai.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nina in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

2. At what time does the narrator describe Count Rostov being escorted through the gates of the Kremlin onto Red Square in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

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

4. 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..."?

5. Who is the baron that managed the Hotel Metropole when the Count's godfather was involved in a duel?

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