1. Where do the Rostovs go after leaving Moscow?
(a) They go to a distant relation of the countess.
(b) They go to Otradnoe.
(c) They go to an inn near Moscow.
(d) They must stay in a small town fourteen miles from Moscow.

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

3. How does Pierre feel after the death of his father?
(a) He is indifferent because his father has not made him a legitimate son.
(b) He is happy that he will no longer be under his father's scrutiny and judgment.
(c) He accepts it as something that must happen.
(d) He is angry that his father has not made him legitimate.

4. How does Napoleon react to Balashev when they first meet?
(a) He questions him with hostility on the changes in demands that Alexander has made.
(b) He is extremely rude to him and says that his coming is pointless as Napoleon will take Russia to unify Europe.
(c) He is at first extremely polite but then he tells Balashev that he will take Russia.
(d) He says that the war with Russia was forced by Russia's alliance with England.

5. 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?
(a) Dead trees.
(b) An abandoned hut.
(c) An oak which has not yet leafed out.
(d) An animal carcass.