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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the Count and Sofia going to dine in the opening of Book 4: "1952: America"?
(a) The Boyarsky.
(b) The Shalyapin.
(c) The Spotted Dog.
(d) The Piazza.

2. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?
(a) October 24, 1889.
(b) March 12, 1902.
(c) September, 20, 1885.
(d) June 12, 1887.

3. Sofia plays the music of what composer when the Count enters the ballroom in Book 4: "1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro"?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Pachelbel.

4. Who does Sofia say she thinks about before playing the composition in Book 4: "1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro"?
(a) Her father.
(b) The Count.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

5. In the hiding game that the Count plays with Sofia in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting," what item does he hide?
(a) A needle.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A thimble.
(d) A pocket watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does the narrator describe the Count doing in detail in Book 3: "1930"?

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

3. Who brings in room service when the Count visits Anna in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

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

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

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