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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to the opening of Book 1, there is a poem credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. What is the year of the poem cited?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1922.

2. 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"?
(a) He shouts.
(b) He rings a bell.
(c) He whistles.
(d) He claps.

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

4. On what date does Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador" open?
(a) September 12.
(b) March 25.
(c) June 1.
(d) June 21.

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

6. On what date does Book 1: "Around and About" open?
(a) March 13.
(b) June 21.
(c) September 12.
(d) July 12.

7. 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) 8:00.
(c) 7:00.
(d) 6:00.

8. What restaurant at the Hotel Metropole is described in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship" as "that fabled retreat on the second floor"?
(a) The Shalyapin.
(b) The Piazza.
(c) The Idlehour.
(d) The Boyarsky.

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

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

11. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Steelworkers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Taxi Drivers.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.

12. 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) February 25, 1927.
(b) November 17, 1929.
(c) January 3, 1928.
(d) June 12, 1887.

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

14. Where is the Count planning on meeting with Mishka in the beginning of Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) The hotel coffee shop.
(b) The Shalyapin.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Boyarsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What bridge does the Count describe Princess Golitsyn's carriage crossing in his story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

2. 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"?

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

4. On what day of the week does the Count go for his weekly trim at the hotel barber?

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

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