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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: “Apotheoses” — “Afterword”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What restaurant at the Hotel Metropole is described in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship" as "that fabled retreat on the second floor"?
(a) The Idlehour.
(b) The Boyarsky.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Shalyapin.

2. Where is the American general described as being from in Book 3: "Antics, Antitheses, an Accident"?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Nevada.
(d) California.

3. Who rushes up to the Count and tells him that he must convince Sofia to perform overseas in Book 5: "1954: Applause and Acclaim"?
(a) Andrey Duras.
(b) Jozef Halecki.
(c) Viktor Stepanovich.
(d) Marina Samarova.

4. How many seats are arranged for the table at the special dinner in Book 5: "An Announcement"?
(a) 46.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 32.

5. Who is the friend that the Count toasts to over Sofia's piano success in Book 4: "1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro"?
(a) Richard Vanderwhile.
(b) Nina Kulikova.
(c) Osip Ivanovich Glebnikov.
(d) Anna Urbanova.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date do the Count and Nina sneak into the balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

2. In what month does Book 4: "1952: America" begin?

3. Where does Anna take a train in the beginning of Book 2: "Addendum"?

4. Who does Sofia say she thinks about before playing the composition in Book 4: "1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro"?

5. To what does the Count compare "how time passes when one is left waiting unaccountably" in the opening of Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?

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