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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 15, Chapters 1-8 | Part 15, Chapters 9-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Natashsa physically and emotionally react to her mother's grief over Petya?
(a) She is pulled back into life in both ways.
(b) She is emotionally resentful but does what she can to help her mother.
(c) She purely wants to be left alone.
(d) She is roused back into the world, but neglects her health and grows thinner.

2. Who pays special attention to Natasha at the opera with Maria Dmitrievna?
(a) Anatole.
(b) Helene.
(c) Dolokhov.
(d) Boris.

3. Why does Pierre leave St. Petersburg for Moscow?
(a) He goes there to attend to matters on his estate there.
(b) He is depressed living with Helene and goes to Moscow to get away from her.
(c) His carousing behavior is embarrassing to Helene, so she asks him to leave.
(d) Prince Andrew has come back from abroad and invites Pierre to visit him in Moscow.

4. Who does Andrew see in the hospital tent who is badly injured?
(a) Anatole Kuragin.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Dolokhov.
(d) Prince Bagration.

5. Princess Mary has her hair done in a different style for the guests. How does her father react to her?
(a) He tells her in front of them that he does not approve of it and never to do it again.
(b) He pays no attention to it as he is not interested in such "feminine" things.
(c) He gets angry with her and tells her to leave his sight.
(d) He tells her that it is quite becoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stumbles out of the woods to join the Fifth Company before the battle of Krasnoe?

2. Why does Nicholas need to whisper to his wolf hound?

3. General Kutuzov does not want his troops to present themselves to the Austrian general in their great coats. Why?

4. At Borodino, Andrew is with his regiment. What are they doing and what happens to them?

5. Elisabeth talks about going to the country while Andrew is off to war. How does she feel about being with his father and sister?

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