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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) 1922.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1916.

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"?
(a) 6:30.
(b) 8:30.
(c) 7:30.
(d) 5:30.

3. Who is the baron that managed the Hotel Metropole when the Count's godfather was involved in a duel?
(a) Audrius.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Keffler.
(d) Arkady.

4. In what room of the hotel has the Count met with Anna in Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation"?
(a) Suite 317.
(b) Suite 412.
(c) Suite 215.
(d) Suite 311.

5. 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) Poseidon's.
(c) Ariadne's.
(d) Ophelia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the Count awaken in the beginning of Book 3: "1930"?

2. What is the room number to which Anna Urbanova invites the Count to visit her in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

3. What is Pavel's last name?

4. How old is Nina in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?

5. What date is described in Book 3: "Arachne's Art" as "the launch of the First Five-Year Plan"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Count's impressions of the Bishop when he first encounters him?

2. How does Nina access the different rooms of the hotel? What rooms does she show the Count in Book 1: “Around and About”?

3. How is the Count's clock described in the narrative? Where was it obtained?

4. What are Emile and Andrey's positions at the Metropol?

5. How does the Count alter his living quarters in Book 1: “Around and About”?

6. How is the Piazza described? Where is it located?

7. How does the narrator describe the changes in the past decade in Book 3: “Arachne's Art”?

8. How is the Boyarsky described? Where is it located?

9. Who does the Count encounter on the roof of the Metropol in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”? What impact does this encounter have?

10. How has the Count's position within the Metropol changed with the opening of Book 3?

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