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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the smoking jacket that the Count wears to celebrate his anniversary of confinement at the Hotel Metropole in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

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

3. In Book 3: "Arachne's Art," the author uses a simile in describing Emile. It is stated, "If the kitchen of the Boyarsky is an orchestra and Emile its conductor, then his chopping knife is" what?
(a) "The baton."
(b) "The woodwinds."
(c) "The tuba."
(d) "The strings."

4. How tall is the Count described as being?
(a) 6'5".
(b) 6'3".
(c) 5'11".
(d) 6'1".

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

6. By what firm was the Count's father's clock made to order?
(a) Breguet.
(b) Montaigne.
(c) Brunel.
(d) Federova.

7. Who is manning the front desk at the Hotel Metropol when the Count arrives in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Pavel.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Emile.

8. Of the Count, the narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "his philosophical leanings had always been essentially" what?
(a) "Fateful."
(b) "Religious."
(c) "Meteorological."
(d) "Based on chance."

9. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." "Manners are not like" what?
(a) "Bonbons."
(b) "Gold coins."
(c) "Clothing."
(d) "Flowers."

10. What activity does the narrator describe the Count doing in detail in Book 3: "1930"?
(a) Making coffee.
(b) Taking a shower.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Reading a newspaper.

11. At what time does the narrator describe Count Rostov being escorted through the gates of the Kremlin onto Red Square in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) 5:30.
(b) 8:30.
(c) 7:30.
(d) 6:30.

12. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?
(a) Comrade Rostov.
(b) Comrade Mindich.
(c) Comrade Leplevsky.
(d) Comrade Tarakovsky.

13. Who is the boy that is with Nina in the ballroom when the Count enters in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) Pavel.
(b) Oleg.
(c) Boris.
(d) Fyodor.

14. What date is described in Book 3: "Arachne's Art" as "the launch of the First Five-Year Plan"?
(a) September, 20, 1885.
(b) June 12, 1887.
(c) January 3, 1928.
(d) March 12, 1902.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time is the Count crossing the lobby to the Boyarsky when Nina signals to him from behind a potted plant in Book 1: "Around and About"?

3. On what date was Article 58 of the Criminal Code drafted, according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?

4. What is Pavel's last name?

5. When was Anna Ubanova discovered in a regional theater on the outskirts of Odessa, according to the narrator in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?

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