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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. By what firm was the Count's father's clock made to order?
2. Prior to the opening of Book 1, there is a poem credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov. What is the year of the poem cited?
3. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?
4. In Book 3: "Arachne's Art," the author uses a simile in describing Emile. It is stated, "If the kitchen of the Boyarsky is an orchestra and Emile its conductor, then his chopping knife is" what?
5. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Count's first encounter with the actress described in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”?
2. How is the Piazza described? Where is it located?
3. What are the Count's impressions of the Bishop when he first encounters him?
4. How would you describe the narrative style of A Gentleman in Moscow?
5. What does the Count discover when he is alone in Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: “An Assembly”?
6. Whose meeting do the Count and Nina eavesdrop on in Book 1: “An Assembly”? Where is the meeting held?
7. What is the Count's sentence that is decreed in the opening of the novel? What crime did the Count commit?
8. Who does the Count encounter on the Metropol roof in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”? What is their exchange like?
9. How does the narrator describe Anna's mindset in Book 2: "Addendum"?
10. Why does the Count visit Marina's work room in Book 1: “An Assembly”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of the Bishop in A Gentleman in Moscow. What is the Bishop's position when he begins working at the hotel? What is his position at the end of the novel? Why does the Count refer to this character as "the Bishop"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the narrative style of A Gentleman in Moscow. From what narrative point of view is the story related? In what tense is it related? Why do you think the author has chosen to relate the story from this perspective?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the language styles in A Gentleman in Moscow. What are examples of literary devices employed by the author in this work? How does each of these examples serve the story?
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