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

2. What gesture of the Count's comes to infuriate Anna during her train ride in Book 2: "Addendum"?
(a) His having picked up her blouse.
(b) His having not sent her a letter.
(c) His having made love to her.
(d) His having called her a diminutive name.

3. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." that "setting aside the study of the liberal arts," "the rules of being a princess would begin with" what?
(a) "A great wealth."
(b) "An aristocratic heritage."
(c) "A perception of thought."
(d) "A refinement of manners."

4. 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) Oleg.
(d) Audrius.

5. The Count tells Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..." "Manners are not like" what?
(a) "Gold coins."
(b) "Flowers."
(c) "Clothing."
(d) "Bonbons."

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is the Count described as being?

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

3. Where is Katerina Litvinova from?

4. On what date does Book 1: "Around and About" open?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the Count visit Marina's work room in Book 1: “An Assembly”?

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

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

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

8. Why does Mr. Halecki call the Count to his office in Book 1: “An Assembly”?

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

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

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