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

2. When did the Germans begin their retreat from Moscow in Operation Barbarossa?
(a) March, 1943.
(b) June, 1941.
(c) January, 1942.
(d) March, 1942.

3. At what precise time does Book 5: "An Announcement" begin?
(a) 7:45.
(b) 6:45.
(c) 9:45.
(d) 8:45.

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

5. In what month does Book 4: "1952: America" begin?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) March.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the Count say the performance was scheduled to end in the beginning of Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?

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

3. What is the name of the "Goliath" that tends to the solitary man in the separate dining room in Book 3: "An Alliance"?

4. At precisely what time do the doors open for the special dinner in Book 5: "An Announcement"?

5. 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"?

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. What announcement is made by Malyshev in Book 5: “An Announcement”?

3. Why is the Count happy there will not be a pre-set seating arrangement for the meeting in Book 5: “An Announcement”?

4. What oversights does the Count made during his first lunch with Sofia in Book 3: “Adjustments”?

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

6. What does Richard Vanderwhile solicit the Count to do in Book 4: “1952: America”?

7. Why does the Count return to the Italians' room a second time in Book 5: “Arrivederci”? What happens when he does?

8. Why is Mishka exiled? What sentence does he receive?

9. Who arrives at the hospital to assist the Count in Book 3: “Antics, Antitheses, an Accident”?

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

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