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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of the book of essays that the Count is reading in the beginning of Book 1: "An Appointment"?
2. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
3. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
4. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?
5. In Book 2: "1926: Adieu," the Count learns that the statue of Gogol was replaced with a statue of whom at the Arbat Andreyev's?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Count do with Anna's blouse before leaving her suite in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”? Why?
2. How is the Boyarsky described? Where is it located?
3. What causes the conflict at the barber shop in Book 1:” An Appointment”?
4. How is the Piazza described? Where is it located?
5. How are the Count's quarters described at the hotel?
6. Who does the Count encounter on the roof of the Metropol in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”? What impact does this encounter have?
7. What does the Count discover when he is alone in Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: “An Assembly”?
8. How is the Count's first encounter with the actress described in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”?
9. Where is Nina going in Book 3: “Arachne's Art”? Why?
10. What is the Count's sentence that is decreed in the opening of the novel? What crime did the Count commit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the character of the Count in A Gentleman in Moscow. How old is the Count when the novel begins? How old is he when it ends? How does the Count's character evolve in the course of the story?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss and analyze the character of Mishka in A Gentleman in Moscow. Where did Mishka and the Count first meet? For how long have they known one another? What is Mishka's role in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the setting of the Hotel Metropol. How large is this establishment? What restaurants and other businesses are contained within the hotel? How has the hotel changed since its opening in 1905?
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