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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: “1930” — “An Afternoon Assignation”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Steelworkers.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Taxi Drivers.

2. What is the Count's response when the couple asks him "What are you doing here?" in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) "I am... a bellhop."
(b) "I am... from the drapers."
(c) "I am... inspecting your locks."
(d) "I am... from the barber shop."

3. Who is the florist at the Hotel Metropol?
(a) Sofia.
(b) Marina.
(c) Fatima.
(d) Anna.

4. What is the name of Dr. Stahlbaum's children?
(a) Andrey and Ilya.
(b) Pavel and Emile.
(c) Petra and Fyodor.
(d) Fritz and Clara.

5. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." "Manners are not like" what?
(a) "Gold coins."
(b) "Clothing."
(c) "Bonbons."
(d) "Flowers."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the handyman that the Count occasionally shares cups of coffee with on the roof of the Hotel Metropole?

2. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?

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..."?

4. What does the Count order at the dining room adjacent to the lobby of the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship"?

5. What does the Count do in order to stop the actress's dogs from chasing the cat in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

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