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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?
(a) The sounds of the guns shot by the Russian peasants.
(b) The rush of the flood waters carrying away cows as the Danube floods.
(c) The glint of the floodwaters.
(d) The boom of the explosions in the streets of Madrid.

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

3. What type of women does the narrator say are so alluring?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Russian.
(d) American.

4. What was the nickname of Nicholas II at the time the narrator is in school?
(a) He does not have a nickname.
(b) Nicholas the Fool.
(c) Nicholas the Bloody.
(d) Nicholas the Just.

5. Who is Charlotte?
(a) The narrator's teacher.
(b) The narrator's Russian grandmother.
(c) The narrator's French grandmother.
(d) The narrator's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what context does the narrator imagine the French villages his grandmother describes?

2. For what is Nicholas II responsible in the early part of the 20th century?

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

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

5. Who does the narrator visit in Russian as a young boy?

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