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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 1-4 | Part 4, Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Emperor receive Andrew's news about the battle?
(a) He is very upset about casualties in the Austrian army.
(b) He is happy to hear news of victory.
(c) He listens to what he says, is happy, but seems to be speaking according to a script.
(d) He pays virtually no attention to anything Andrew has to say, asking only irrelevant questions.

2. What does Pierre reflect upon after the duel with Dolokhov?
(a) That he is totally to blame and he prays that Helene will forgive him for his profound error.
(b) That he has, so he thinks, killed a man for a depraved woman whom he has never loved.
(c) That he hopes Helene still loves him and will have his child after all this.
(d) That he is unfortunate for having so foul a temper that he would challenge someone he considers to be a good man and friend to a duel.

3. Why does Anna Mikhaylovna want to take Boris to visit Pierre's father, Count Bezuhov?
(a) She wants Boris to meet the Count.
(b) She wants to ask Pierre's father to lend her money.
(c) She wants Boris personally to thank Prince Vasili, a close relative of Pierre's father, who is also there to see the Count.
(d) She hopes that Pierre's father is well enough to acknowledge Boris if only in his Will.

4. Nicholas goes home on leave. How does he react to Sonya?
(a) He is very happy to see her but is uncertain how she feels about him.
(b) He pays no attention to her whatsoever as he has decided that he has grown past their childhood romance.
(c) He is angry that he ever told her he loved her.
(d) He is struck by how pretty she is but feels estranged from her.

5. Where does Andrew go after leaving Brunn?
(a) He goes to Moscow.
(b) He returns home.
(c) He returns to Kutuzov.
(d) He goes to find the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. Natasha goes into the conservatory to hide when her family is first introduced. What is she waiting for?

2. What does Count Rostov do when his wife asks him for a large sum of money, 500 rubles?

3. There is a lot of confusion on the bridge as the Russians try to cross it. What is their rush?

4. After the affair of the stolen money, why is Nicholas ordered to apologize to his regiment?

5. After the Council of War before the battle of Austerlitz, Prince Andrew reflects on what is being said. What are his thoughts?

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