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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. Where is Katerina Litvinova from?
(a) Kiev.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Odessa.

2. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Twelfth Night.
(d) Hamlet.

3. Where is the Count planning on meeting with Mishka in the beginning of Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) The Boyarsky.
(b) The hotel coffee shop.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Shalyapin.

4. Who is manning the front desk at the Hotel Metropol when the Count arrives in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Emile.
(b) Arkady.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Fyodor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what firm was the Count's father's clock made to order?

2. What is the temperature of the ballroom said to be in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

3. Of the ballroom, the narrator says in Book 1: "An Assembly," "Of course, there is now much more canvas than cashmere in the room, more gray than gold. But is the patch on the elbow really that much different from" what?

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

5. 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..."?

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