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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. Where does the Count presume the stranger in the separate dining room is from in Book 3: "An Alliance"?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Western Georgia.
(c) Eastern Georgia.
(d) Ukraine.

2. What do Andrey and Emile bring for Sofia after her competition in Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?
(a) A cake.
(b) A pie.
(c) A bottle of champagne.
(d) A roast goose.

3. How many soldiers were deployed from Odessa to the Baltic in Operaton Barbarossa?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) Over 4 million.
(c) About 2 million.
(d) Over 3 million.

4. What does the Count borrow from Anna in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting"?
(a) Her suitcases.
(b) Her passport.
(c) Her pillows.
(d) Her room key.

5. To whom does the Count take Sofia to see if she will watch over her in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Marina.
(c) Maria.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Count and Sofia going to dine in the opening of Book 4: "1952: America"?

2. What name does Sofia give to her doll in Book 3: "Adjustments"?

3. According to the narrator in Book 5: "An Announcement," who "would argue that once the dining room's doors were opened, after a brief moment of confusion the better natures of the men would prevail, and their predisposition to reason would lead them to a fair and orderly process of seat taking"?

4. On what date does Book 5: "An Announcement" begin?

5. What animals have been set loose on the fourth floor of the Metropol in Book 3: "Antics, Antitheses, an Accident"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sofia describe her method of achieving mood with her piano playing in Book 4: “1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro”?

2. How is Sofia's performance in the school competition described in Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”?

3. What does Katerina give to the Count in Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”? Why?

4. Why has Sofia been invited to Paris in Book 5: “1954: Applause and Acclaim”?

5. What ingredients do the members of the Triumvirate obtain for their special dish? What is the special dish?

6. How has the setting of the hotel bar changed in Book 3: "Absinthe"? Why has it changed?

7. Why does the Count become upset when he first finds Sofia and Viktor in the ballroom in Book 4: “1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro”?

8. Why is Mishka upset about removing the passage from the book he is editing in Book 3: “Ascending, Alighting?

9. What "game" does Sofia play with the Count, as described in Book 3: “Antics, Antitheses, an Accident”?

10. Why does the Count borrow Anna's suitcases in Book 3: “Ascending, Alighting”?

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