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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Platon makes a shirt for a French officer and presents it to him?
(a) Platon does not have the right supplies to make the shirt.
(b) Platon does not have it ready when he promised.
(c) Platon shows him his work and is pleased, but steals the leftover scraps.
(d) Platon shows him his work and tries to keep the scraps for leg bands.

2. After Andrew leaves to join the army a second time, what does the old Prince Bolkonski say to Mary before showing her Andrew's second letter?
(a) He asks her if she is happy that she has made he and Andrew quarrel, that he is old and weak, and hurt by the situation.
(b) He tells her that he is angry with her for interfering between him and Mlle. Bourienne.
(c) He tells her that Andrew has written to say the French are in Smolensk and that they should go to Bogucharovo.
(d) He tells her that Andrew has written to him about the approach of the French to Smolensk.

3. Who stumbles out of the woods to join the Fifth Company before the battle of Krasnoe?
(a) The French corporal who had been nice to Pierre in Moscow.
(b) Ramballe, the soldier who went into Bazdeev's house, and his orderly.
(c) Tikhon, the peasant.
(d) Mlle. Bourienne.

4. How does Napoleon regard Moscow before he and his troops enter the city?
(a) He is amazed at how crude and unlike European cities it is and wants to raze it and make it like a European city.
(b) He is struck by its strange beauty and unique architecture and wants to give its people a good government.
(c) He regards it with deference but is determined to alter as many of its architectural flaws as possible.
(d) He looks upon it as a unique city but does not care if its barbaric architecture is saved or preserved.

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

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

7. How does Pierre react to his situation during the march out of Moscow when they stop on the first night?
(a) He moves off by himself and begins to laugh in amazement at his situation.
(b) He sees it as something he has to do and accepts it.
(c) He is upset at the treatment given to the prisoners and tries to fight the soldiers.
(d) He is frightened for the prisoners who are not strong enough to withstand such a march.

8. Who does Andrew meet outside of Kutuzov's quarters after the French have taken Smolensk?
(a) Berg.
(b) Boris.
(c) Anatole.
(d) Denisov.

9. What happens to Kutuzov after he sees the Tsar at Vilna?
(a) He dies.
(b) He leaves Russia to retire in a sunny place.
(c) He goes home and writes his memoirs.
(d) He is sent by the Tsar to act as ambassador to France.

10. What does Kutuzov say to his troops at the end of his speech before the battle of Krasnoe?
(a) None of the above.
(b) "I know you will all do your best for the Fatherland!"
(c) "They will leave Russia if we chase them or not!"
(d) "But after all who asked them here? Serves them right, the bloody bastards!"

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

12. Why is Mary unsure about meeting Nicholas?
(a) She is aware of his shameless flirtations with married women.
(b) She is in deep mourning for her father and is also conflicted about him.
(c) She is ashamed of the temptation that he causes her to feel.
(d) She is in deep mourning for her father.

13. When does Sonya write to Nicholas and release him from his promise to marry her?
(a) She only writes to tell him how the family is in such financial straits.
(b) After she hears that Nicholas has met Mary and that he is drawn to her.
(c) When the family is in Troitsa after Natasha has begun to tend Andrew and his wounds.
(d) While the family is getting ready to leave Moscow she agrees to write.

14. What happens when Count Orlov-Denisov and his Cossacks try to engage the French?
(a) They are successful at engaging the French but once the Cossacks take prisoners and collect valuable booty, they won't continue the fight.
(b) They fail to surprise the French as the informer is an impostor who has led them into a trap.
(c) They engage the French and smash up the division separated from the rest of the French army.
(d) They arrive where the French are supposed to be but the entire army has joined them and the count looses most of his Cossacks.

15. How has Natasha changed since becoming ill?
(a) She is bitter and full of self loathing.
(b) She is her former cheerful self.
(c) She is serious and reflective.
(d) She is melancholy and idle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kutuzov's staff explain their plan to cut off the French on the road to Smolensk to him?

2. Natasha receives a letter. What does it say and who is it from?

3. How do the French react to the ringing of bells when they enter Moscow?

4. What torments Natasha when she thinks about Andrew after his death?

5. How does Nicholas react to Mary when he arrives at Bogucharovo?

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