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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: “1946” — “Addendum”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does the Count call the one-eyed cat at the Hotel Metropole?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Kutuzov.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Pavel.

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

3. Where is a private party held at the Boyarsky in Book 3: "An Alliance"?
(a) In the Red Room.
(b) In the White Room.
(c) In the Yellow Room.
(d) In the Blue Room.

4. How much money does the lieutenant lose in the narrator's story of the princess's birthday party in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) 500 rubles.
(b) 2,000 rubles.
(c) 1,000 rubles.
(d) 300 rubles.

5. How old is Nina when she befriends the Count?
(a) 6.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is tending bar at the Shalyapin when the Count visits in Book 3: "Absinthe"?

2. How is Mishka's attire described when he appears in Book 3: "Antics, Antitheses, an Accident"?

3. To whom does the Count take Sofia to see if she will watch over her in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting"?

4. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

5. What date is described in Book 3: "Arachne's Art" as "the launch of the First Five-Year Plan"?

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