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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the objects dropped from the ballroom balcony is described as "the Count's personal favorite" in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) The egg.
(b) The coin.
(c) The pineapple.
(d) The teacup.

2. What is the Count's response when the couple asks him "What are you doing here?" in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) "I am... from the barber shop."
(b) "I am... inspecting your locks."
(c) "I am... a bellhop."
(d) "I am... from the drapers."

3. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Twelfth Night.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. 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.

5. In what room of the hotel has the Count met with Anna in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?
(a) Suite 215.
(b) Suite 311.
(c) Suite 317.
(d) Suite 412.

6. 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 picked up her blouse.
(d) His having made love to her.

7. Who is the baron that managed the Hotel Metropole when the Count's godfather was involved in a duel?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Audrius.
(c) Arkady.
(d) Keffler.

8. Who is the fruit seller that Count Rostov calls out to when he is escorted from the Kremlin onto Red Square in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Andrey.
(c) Ilya.
(d) Emile.

9. What is the name of Dr. Stahlbaum's children?
(a) Pavel and Emile.
(b) Fritz and Clara.
(c) Petra and Fyodor.
(d) Andrey and Ilya.

10. 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) 8:30.
(b) 7:30.
(c) 5:30.
(d) 6:30.

11. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Andrey.
(b) Audrius.
(c) Emile.
(d) Pavel.

12. On what date does Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary" begin?
(a) July 2.
(b) March 12.
(c) June 21.
(d) June 13.

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

14. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1890.

15. On what date was Article 58 of the Criminal Code drafted, according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?
(a) June 12, 1887.
(b) November 17, 1929.
(c) February 25, 1927.
(d) January 3, 1928.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what province does the Count tell Anna he spent a good part of his youth in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

2. How old is Nina when she befriends the Count?

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

4. When did Serov paint the portrait of Helena, according to the narrator in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

5. Where is the Count to meet Nina for his appointment in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

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