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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. What is the room number to which Anna Urbanova invites the Count to visit her in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
2. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
3. Where did the old blind woman tell Princess Golitsyn she was going to see her son in the Count's story in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
4. What activity does the narrator describe the Count doing in detail in Book 3: "1930"?
5. How tall is the Count described as being?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Count's sentence that is decreed in the opening of the novel? What crime did the Count commit?
2. Who does the Count encounter on the Metropol roof in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”? What is their exchange like?
3. What does the Count do with Anna's blouse before leaving her suite in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”? Why?
4. Why does the Count visit Marina's work room in Book 1: “An Assembly”?
5. How is the Piazza described? Where is it located?
6. How is the Count's first encounter with the actress described in Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary”?
7. Why does Mr. Halecki call the Count to his office in Book 1: “An Assembly”?
8. What are Emile and Andrey's positions at the Metropol?
9. How does the narrator describe Anna's mindset in Book 2: "Addendum"?
10. How does the narrative style change in Book 2: “1926: Adieu”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the political changes in Russia between 1922 and 1930. How are these changes demonstrated in A Gentleman in Moscow? How do these changes impact the characters in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the Count's relationship with Anna Urbanova in A Gentleman in Moscow. When and where do they meet? What is the nature of their relationship? How does their relationship change and evolve in the course of the story?
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