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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. 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"?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) John Locke.
(d) John Hobbes.

2. How old is Sofia said to be in the opening of Book 4: "1950: Adagio, Andante, Allegro"?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 13.

3. What is Emile's last name?
(a) Rostov.
(b) Urbanova.
(c) Kulikova.
(d) Zhukovsky.

4. Where is Pudgy Webster's father's company headquartered?
(a) New York, NY.
(b) Montclair, NJ.
(c) Hazelwood, PA.
(d) Los Angeles, CA.

5. What do the Count and Sofia have for lunch at the Piazza in Book 3: "Adjustments"?
(a) Venison.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Veal.
(d) Duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Red October Youth Orchestra operate?

2. The director of what theatre lured Anna Ubanova back to the stage in 1948?

3. How much is Sofia described as weighing in Book 3: "Adjustments"?

4. In the hiding game that the Count plays with Sofia in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting," what item does he hide?

5. To what does the Count compare "how time passes when one is left waiting unaccountably" in the opening of Book 4: "1953: Apostles and Apostates"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Osip Ivanovich Glebnikov come to speak with the Count in Book 3: “An Alliance”?

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

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

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

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

6. What is unusual about the Yellow Room when the Count enters to serve the private party in Book 3: “An Alliance”?

7. How does the Count manage to be assigned to the special meeting at the Boyarsky in Book 5: “An Announcement”?

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

9. Who arrives with an offer for Sofia in Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”? What becomes of this situation?

10. Why does the Bishop summon the Count to his office in Book 3: “Antics, Antitheses, an Accident”?

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