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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the Count go for his weekly trim at the hotel barber?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Fridays.
(d) Tuesdays.

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

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

4. What does Count Rostov give as his current address in the court transcript that appears before the opening of Book 1?
(a) Suite 119 at the Hotel Metropol.
(b) Suite 423 at the Hotel Metropol.
(c) Suite 623 at the Hotel Metropol.
(d) Suite 317 at the Hotel Metropol.

5. What are the names of the bellhops at the Hotel Metropol?
(a) Emile and Andrey.
(b) Pasha and Petya.
(c) Pavel and Arkady.
(d) Audrius and Fyodor.

6. How tall is the Count described as being?
(a) 5'11".
(b) 6'1".
(c) 6'5".
(d) 6'3".

7. What is the title of the poem that is credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov that opens the novel?
(a) "Where Is It Now?"
(b) "The Battle Station."
(c) "The Round Table."
(d) "Dancing."

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

9. On what date do the Count and Nina sneak into the balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) June 3.
(b) August 2.
(c) March 12.
(d) June 21.

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

11. 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"?
(a) Primosky Krai.
(b) Irkutsk Oblast.
(c) Zabaykalsky Krai.
(d) Nizhny Novgorod.

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

13. What is Pavel's last name?
(a) Ivanovich.
(b) Kulikova.
(c) Mindich.
(d) Litvinova.

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

15. How old is Nina in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) 18.
(b) 13.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Count is in Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly," he finds a hidden compartment two panels beyond what etching?

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

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

4. The narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "In the history of man, no military commissary has" done what?

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

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