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

2. Who is the barber of the Metropol Hotel?
(a) Yaroslav.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Pavel.
(d) Arkady.

3. Who waits on the Count and Sofia at the Piazza in Book 3: "Adjustments"?
(a) Andrey.
(b) Audrius.
(c) Martyn.
(d) The Bishop.

4. When did Serov paint the portrait of Helena, according to the narrator in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1889.

5. Where does the Red October Youth Orchestra operate?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Stalingrad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose magical ball of thread led Theseas safely from the lair of the Minotaur, according to the narrator in Book 1: "Around and About"?

3. At what time had the Count gone to bed the previous night, according to the narrator in the opening of Book 5: "Apotheoses"?

4. In Book 5: "Anecdotes," the Count shares to pieces of parental advice with Sofia, including "Montaigne's maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant" what?

5. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?

(see the answer key)

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