1. Nicholas is told to give a message to the Tsar. What happens after that?
(a) He goes to deliver it, hears the Tsar has been killed, and rides back to find his squadron.
(b) He delivers it to the Tsar who recognizes him and asks Nicholas what the state of battle is.
(c) He hears that the Tsar has been killed so he goes to deliver it to Kutuzov.
(d) He goes to deliver it , hears the Tsar has been wounded, but later finds him alone in the middle of a field unhurt.

2. What makes Nicholas decide to return home on leave?
(a) His father writes to him saying that he is afraid Mitenka, their steward, is cheating him but does not know how to prove it.
(b) The countess begs him to come home to cheer up Natasha.
(c) Sonya writes to him saying she is releasing him from his promise to marry her.
(d) His mother writes him a pleading letter.

3. Nicholas is patrolling the picket lines. What is a picket?
(a) Soldiers set apart from a main army to guard them from surprise attack.
(b) A border between one army and another.
(c) A portion of a fence.
(d) A line of stakes set in the ground behind which artillery is positioned.

4. What sort of man is Rostopchin?
(a) He is a man who means well and is generally kind.
(b) He is a dutiful servant of the Tsar's.
(c) He is a bit brutal with a close eye on how people perceive his actions.
(d) He is a very cruel man who has no regard for anyone.

5. Nicholas encounters the Princes Bagration and Dolgorukov. What is their conversation?
(a) He asks if he may go to the front and they deny his request saying that he is needed in reserve.
(b) He asks if he may be attached to the first squadron and they ask if he is Count Ilya Rostov's son.
(c) He asks if they have seen any sign of the fog clearing, and they reply that it should clear in the morning.
(d) He asks if they have seen any movement of the French and they ignore him.