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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. Who comes to fetch the Count to Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) Jozef.
(b) Petya.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Fyodor.

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

3. What gesture of the Count's comes to infuriate Anna during her train ride in Book 2: "Addendum"?
(a) His having called her a diminutive name.
(b) His having not sent her a letter.
(c) His having made love to her.
(d) His having picked up her blouse.

4. How long did it take Hitler's troops to march from the Russian frontier to the outskirts of Moscow in Operation Barbarossa?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 7 months.

5. In Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation," the narrator states, "But art is the most unnatural minion of the state. Not only is it created by fanciful people who tire of repetition even more quickly than they tire of being told what to do, it is also vexingly" what?
(a) "Arbitrary."
(b) "Stringent."
(c) "Articulate."
(d) "Ambiguous."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what time is the Count's appointment with Nina Kulikova set in the opening of Book 1: "Anyway..."?

3. What does Count Rostov give as his current address in the court transcript that appears before the opening of Book 1?

4. What does the Count do in order to stop the actress's dogs from chasing the cat in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

5. The director of what theatre lured Anna Ubanova back to the stage in 1948?

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