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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) 5:00.
(b) 7:00.
(c) 8:00.
(d) 6:00.

2. Why does Mr. Halecki call the Count to his office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) To tell him that he is being fired as headwaiter at the Boyarsky.
(b) To tell him that the KGB has been asking for him.
(c) To tell him that he is being evicted from the hotel.
(d) To tell him that the staff has been instructed not to use honorifics when addressing him.

3. Who is described as the sous-chef of the Boyarsky in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?
(a) Ilya.
(b) Petra.
(c) Stanislav.
(d) Emile.

4. 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) January 3, 1928.
(c) February 25, 1927.
(d) November 17, 1929.

5. The narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "In the history of man, no military commissary has" done what?
(a) "Been a gentleman."
(b) "Been married."
(c) "Raised envy."
(d) "Elicited sorrow."

6. When the Count enters the ballroom in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," Nina explains that she and her friend are testing the "hypotheses of two renowned mathematicians in a single experiment." Who are the mathematicians being tested?
(a) Newton and Galileo.
(b) Pythagoras and Einstein.
(c) Einstein and Galileo.
(d) Aristotle and Plato.

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

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

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

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

11. At what time does the Count awaken in the beginning of Book 3: "1930"?
(a) 5:30.
(b) 6:30.
(c) 8:30.
(d) 7:30.

12. Who is the author of the book of essays that the Count is reading in the beginning of Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) Montaigne.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Breguet.
(d) Federova.

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

14. Where is Katerina Litvinova from?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Odessa.

15. Who brings in room service when the Count visits Anna in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Emile.
(b) Andrey.
(c) Audrius.
(d) Oleg.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

3. In what room is the Count standing when Book 2: "1926: Adieu" begins?

4. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

5. On what date does Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary" begin?

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