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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11, Chapters 25-29 | Part 11, Chapters 30-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julie Drubetskaya gossip about as everyone is preparing to leave Moscow?
(a) Pierre being ridiculous.
(b) The Rostovs' difficulty in selling their estate.
(c) Pierre's obvious liking for Natasha
(d) The Rostovs, namely Natasha's quick recovery.

2. At Borodino, Andrew is with his regiment. What are they doing and what happens to them?
(a) They are about to charge the French but Andrew is killed by a cannon ball.
(b) A shell flies near them and Andrew is hit.
(c) They are very close together. Andrew goes to break them up but is hit by grapeshot.
(d) The French begin firing toward them and all are killed.

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

4. What news does Pierre hear from Rostopchin and his adjutant when he arrives back in Moscow after Borodino?
(a) Andrew is mortally wounded, and Moscow is being deserted.
(b) Anatole and Andrew have been killed and Helene is planning to marry again.
(c) Anatole is dying and Helene has converted to Catholicism.
(d) Anatole has had his leg amputated and Helene is leaving Russia for Europe.

5. 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 that they are cold.
(c) He wants to impress on the general how unprepared they are for war.
(d) He wants the general to see how worn out their boots are from marching so far.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hippolyte talk about at Anna Pavlovna's soiree?

2. What does Prince Andrew look at as he is driving through a forest that confirms he is feeling that his life has nothing new to offer?

3. At the Rostov's, the people gossip about Pierre. What do they say about him?

4. Nicholas is patrolling the picket lines. What is a picket?

5. Prince Andrew goes to the Rostovs' as Count Rostov is the Marshal for the district and he must see him on account of his being trustee of the Ryazan estate. How does he react to being with the Rostov's from beginning to end?

(see the answer key)

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