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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Anna Urbanova's profession?
(a) She is an actress.
(b) She is a dancer.
(c) She is a singer.
(d) She is a pianist.

3. Where did the old blind woman tell Princess Golitsyn she was going to see her son in the Count's story in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) Sedova.
(b) Nevsky.
(c) Kudrovo.
(d) Oblast.

4. Where does Anna take a train in the beginning of Book 2: "Addendum"?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Irkutsk Oblast.
(c) Nizhny Novgorod.
(d) Primosky Krai.

5. Why does the Count go to see Marina in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) To have his jacket repaired.
(b) To have his pants repaired.
(c) To get a shave.
(d) To get a haircut.

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

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

8. 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 Idlehour.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Boyarsky.

9. 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) Stalin.
(c) Marx.
(d) Hitler.

10. 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 tuba."
(b) "The strings."
(c) "The baton."
(d) "The woodwinds."

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

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

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

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

15. Who is the florist at the Hotel Metropol?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Marina.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sofia.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador" open?

2. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." "Manners are not like" what?

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

4. 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"?

5. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?

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