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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) Much Ado About Nothing.
(b) All's Well that Ends Well.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. Who is the statue of that sits outside the door of room 316 of the Hotel Metropole?
(a) Gorky.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Odin.

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

4. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?
(a) The Shalyapin.
(b) The Boyarsky.
(c) The Idlehour.
(d) The Piazza.

5. What bridge does the Count describe Princess Golitsyn's carriage crossing in his story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) The Palace Bridge.
(b) The Russky Bridge.
(c) The Lomonosov Bridge.
(d) The Zhivopisny Bridge.

6. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?
(a) June 12, 1887.
(b) March 12, 1902.
(c) October 24, 1889.
(d) September, 20, 1885.

7. When the Count is in Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly," he finds a hidden compartment two panels beyond what etching?
(a) "The Chase."
(b) "Tallyho."
(c) "The Crowning."
(d) "The Scent."

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

9. 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) "Ambiguous."
(b) "Articulate."
(c) "Stringent."
(d) "Arbitrary."

10. For what time is the Count's appointment with Nina Kulikova set in the opening of Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) 2:00.
(b) 1:00.
(c) 3:00.
(d) 4:00.

11. Whose magical ball of thread led Theseas safely from the lair of the Minotaur, according to the narrator in Book 1: "Around and About"?
(a) Ares's.
(b) Ophelia's.
(c) Poseidon's.
(d) Ariadne's.

12. 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) Emile.
(c) Audrius.
(d) Pavel.

13. In Book 2: "1926: Adieu," the Count learns that the statue of Gogol was replaced with a statue of whom at the Arbat Andreyev's?
(a) Gorky.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Marx.
(d) Stalin.

14. Where is the Count to meet Nina for his appointment in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) The hotel coffeehouse.
(b) Nina's suite.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Boyarsky.

15. On what date was Nikolai Bukharin "outmaneuvered by Stalin and ousted from the Poliburo," according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?
(a) November 17, 1929.
(b) June 12, 1887.
(c) February 25, 1927.
(d) January 3, 1928.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anna Urbanova's profession?

2. How old is Princess Novobaczky turning on her birthday in the example given by the narrator in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

3. How much money does the lieutenant lose in the narrator's story of the princess's birthday party in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

4. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

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

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