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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator see his country for the first time from an outsider?
(a) In reading a book about Russia written by an English author.
(b) In viewing the interaction between King Phillip and Tsar Nicholas II.
(c) In reading a book about Russia written by an American author.
(d) In viewing the French play, "Les Femmes Savantes."

2. Why does Charlotte go to Russia during the war?
(a) To help on a Red Cross mission.
(b) To visit her uncle and aunt.
(c) To visit Albertine.
(d) To see if she wants to move back to Russia.

3. What two worlds does the narrator become obsessed with as far as their having a meal together?
(a) France and Russia.
(b) The world of the Russian peasant and Russian nobility.
(c) The upper and lower classes in Russia.
(d) The upper and lower classes in France.

4. Who is described as an absolute monarch?
(a) Tsar Nicholas II.
(b) King Louis XVIII.
(c) Catherine the Great.
(d) Queen Victoria.

5. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?
(a) Vapid.
(b) Strong.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Submissive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator curse at a dinner party?

2. Upon what does Albertine depend?

3. With what do the narrator and his sister struggle?

4. What do the narrator and his sister secretly share while in the back of the line?

5. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?

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