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

2. 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) Poseidon's.
(b) Ophelia's.
(c) Ares's.
(d) Ariadne's.

3. What is the Count's response when the couple asks him "What are you doing here?" in Book 2: "1926: Adieu"?
(a) "I am... inspecting your locks."
(b) "I am... from the drapers."
(c) "I am... a bellhop."
(d) "I am... from the barber shop."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Katerina Litvinova from?

2. In Book 3: "An Afternoon Assignation," the narrator states, "But art is the most unnatural minion of the state. Not only is it created by fanciful people who tire of repetition even more quickly than they tire of being told what to do, it is also vexingly" what?

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..."?

4. Who is the handyman that the Count occasionally shares cups of coffee with on the roof of the Hotel Metropole?

5. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the narrative style of A Gentleman in Moscow?

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

4. How is Nina described when the Count first befriends her?

5. How is the Count's first encounter with the actress described in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”?

6. What does the Count discover when he is alone in Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: “An Assembly”?

7. How is the lieutenant described in the Count's story in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”?

8. Whose meeting do the Count and Nina eavesdrop on in Book 1: “An Assembly”? Where is the meeting held?

9. What causes the conflict at the barber shop in Book 1:” An Appointment”?

10. What is the Count's sentence that is decreed in the opening of the novel? What crime did the Count commit?

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