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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pierre do when he goes to St. Petersburg?
(a) He stays home fuming over his recent behavior in Moscow.
(b) He goes to visit Bazdeev who is ill.
(c) He stays in reading Thomas A Kempis, and joins the Freemasons.
(d) He returns to his former behavior of debauchery and drunkenness.

2. Denisov commandeers provisions for his regiment. How does he justify it to the officer from whom he is taking them?
(a) His soldiers must ride all day which is hard work while they only must march slowly.
(b) His soldiers have not had provisions for two weeks while the officer complains that his infantrymen have not had provisions for two days.
(c) He does not try to justify anything; he slaps the officer and takes the food yelling that he is not "wobbing" anyone!
(d) The infantry are near a town where they can buy food while the Pavlograd hussars' regiment is stationed away from any towns.His soldiers must ride all day which is hard work while they only must march slowly.

3. Elisabeth talks about going to the country while Andrew is off to war. How does she feel about being with his father and sister?
(a) She is annoyed.
(b) She is afraid.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is happy and excited.

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

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

6. Pierre receives two letters, one from Helene and another form his mother-in-law begging for Helene to come to live with him again. What is his response?
(a) He does not respond, but Helene moves back any way.
(b) He reluctantly agrees.
(c) He tells them that this is exactly what he has been hoping for but has been too ashamed to ask.
(d) He tells them both that he does not want her to come back.

7. Prince Vasili in the beginning of Part 3 is described as...
(a) A kindly man who is manipulated by his family.
(b) A scheming man who acts with deliberate premeditation.
(c) A man who bears no one any ill will but acts in his own interest when opportunity presents itself.
(d) A man who plans carefully without regard for the well being of others.

8. Who does Anna Pavlovna wish for each newcomer to her soiree to speak with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her great aunt.
(d) Her aunt.

9. General Kutuzov does not want his troops to present themselves to the Austrian general in their great coats. Why?
(a) He wants the general to see that they are cold.
(b) He wants to insult the general by showing he does not care enough to present his troops in the best condition.
(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.

10. Why does Anna Mikhaylovna insist on taking Pierre to visit his father just before he dies?
(a) She is an interfering woman.
(b) She wants to be sure that Pierre is his father's sole heir, and if she helps him, he will help Boris.
(c) She is bored at the Rostovs' dinner.
(d) She wants to meet Prince Vasili and ingratiate herself to him again.

11. What happens with Prince Andrew during the battle at Austerlitz?
(a) He rides alongside the retreating army ordering them to turn back.
(b) He runs yelling "Forward, lads!", picks up the fallen standard, and is shot in the head.
(c) He sees Kutuzov has a head wound and takes him to be treated.
(d) He sees the Tsar and requests him to leave the field of battle.

12. Andrew has been taken prisoner by the French. What do they do with him?
(a) Napoleon remembers him, admires his courage, and sends him to his own doctor to be tended.
(b) Napoleon remembers him, so they put him on a stretcher, but steal his icon.
(c) Napoleon sees him, remembers his carrying the Russian standard, and sends him to a hospital.
(d) They put him on the stretcher but then determine that he is dead and so leave him in the field.

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

14. Nicholas encounters the Princes Bagration and Dolgorukov. What is their conversation?
(a) He asks if they have seen any movement of the French and they ignore him.
(b) He asks if they have seen any sign of the fog clearing, and they reply that it should clear in the morning.
(c) He asks if he may be attached to the first squadron and they ask if he is Count Ilya Rostov's son.
(d) He asks if he may go to the front and they deny his request saying that he is needed in reserve.

15. Prince Nicholas Bolkonsky believes in only two vices and two virtues. What are they?
(a) Illness and remorse and kindness and health.
(b) Greed and envy and generosity and patience.
(c) Idleness and superstition and activity and intelligence.
(d) Pride and gluttony and humility and temperance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nicholas goes to visit Boris. How does the visit go for him?

2. Nicholas brings his friend Denisov with him and excitedly speaks as they approach. What is Denisov's reaction?

3. Who does Andrew hear and see shortly after the first shot before the action at Schon Grabern?

4. Natasha enjoys going into her mother's room at bedtime to talk with her. What do they talk about?

5. Andrew goes to visit Pierre the night after the Bergs party. What does he discuss with him?

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