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

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 hopes Helene still loves him and will have his child after all this.
(c) That he has, so he thinks, killed a man for a depraved woman whom he has never loved.
(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. General Kutuzov does not want his troops to present themselves to the Austrian general in their great coats. Why?
(a) He wants to insult the general by showing he does not care enough to present his troops in the best condition.
(b) He wants the general to see how worn out their boots are from marching so far.
(c) He wants to impress on the general how unprepared they are for war.
(d) He wants the general to see that they are cold.

4. What is Maria Dmitrievna's reputation in Russian social circles?
(a) She is known as a woman of good sense and unadorned speech.
(b) She is known as a former great beauty.
(c) She is known for her horrible temper.
(d) She is known as a woman of wealth and rank.

5. What does Count Rostov do when his wife asks him for a large sum of money, 500 rubles?
(a) He begins to weep because they don't have it to spare.
(b) He ignores her and walks away.
(c) He asks their steward to bring 700 rubles.
(d) He gets furious and calls her a spendthrift.