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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. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?
(a) The Piazza.
(b) The Boyarsky.
(c) The Idlehour.
(d) The Shalyapin.

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

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

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

5. When was Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov born?
(a) March 12, 1902.
(b) September, 20, 1885.
(c) October 24, 1889.
(d) June 12, 1887.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Count Rostov give as his current address in the court transcript that appears before the opening of Book 1?

2. What color is the smoking jacket that the Count wears to celebrate his anniversary of confinement at the Hotel Metropole in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

3. 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?

4. What are the names of the bellhops at the Hotel Metropol?

5. Where is the Count planning on meeting with Mishka in the beginning of Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe Anna's mindset in Book 2: "Addendum"?

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

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

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

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 is the Boyarsky described? Where is it located?

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