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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the end of the war, when does Pierre say he will go to St. Petersburg?
(a) He doesn't know if he'll go or not.
(b) He doesn't go.
(c) He go the day after he visits with Mary and Natasha.
(d) He will go in a few days.

2. What does Bagration write to Arakcheev?
(a) He is apprising him of what is going on in the campaign.
(b) He requests that Arakcheev moves him from under Barclay de Tollys' command even if he is only to command a regiment.
(c) He wants to change the chain of command so that he is not subordinate to Barclay.
(d) He wants Arakcheev to appoint a minister other than Barclay de Tolly.

3. Who does the countess first begin to talk to just before she begins to weep after Petya's death?
(a) Natasha.
(b) Mary.
(c) Petya.
(d) The count.

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

5. Who is the first to see the French at Ostrovna?
(a) Ilyin
(b) None of these.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) The regimental doctor.

6. What happens to Mary when she is leaving Bogucharovo for Moscow?
(a) The French enter the home and prevent her from leaving.
(b) Mlle. Bourienne persuades Mary to stay at Bogucharovo but the peasants do not want them there.
(c) The peasants on the land whom Andrew has freed refuse to let her leave.
(d) The peasants on the land riot, destroy her carts and keep her and Mlle. Bourienne confined to the house.

7. 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.

8. What has caused Helene's illness?
(a) She has angina pectoris.
(b) The "inconvenience" of having married two men.
(c) She has taken too much of a certain drug.
(d) She has contracted an illness from her reckless behavior with men.

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

10. What is wrong with the prisoner, Sokolov, who is terrified when the French start to march them all out of Moscow?
(a) He is terrified of the French as their demeanor changes when they are given orders to leave.
(b) He has fever, is dying, and knows he won't survive the march.
(c) He is badly wounded and knows he won't survive the march.
(d) He has dysentery and is afraid of being left alone in Moscow.

11. According Tolstoy, what errors did Napoleon make while he was in Moscow?
(a) He underestimated the strength of the Russian army and its ability to regroup.
(b) He should have advanced on St. Petersburg and gathered up provisions for the winter.
(c) He should not have expected order from the inhabitants of Moscow
(d) His errors did not occur in Moscow; they began before Napoleon entered the city.

12. Who does Alpatych meet when he goes to Smolensk?
(a) Murat.
(b) Nicholas.
(c) Prince Bagration.
(d) Prince Andrew.

13. How does Nicholas react to Mary when he arrives at Bogucharovo?
(a) He is sorry for her.
(b) He is embarrassed for intruding on her mourning.
(c) He is too busy to think about her.
(d) He is struck by her eyes and sees this as a romantic situation.

14. Where do the wounded soldiers go when everyone is leaving Moscow before the French arrive?
(a) Most go out of the city but a few go into the Rostovs' yard.
(b) They are all leaving Moscow as quickly as they can.
(c) They go to a hospital.
(d) They ask to rest in the yards of the people leaving Moscow.

15. Who arrives at the Rostov's home in Moscow after they have left?
(a) A looting officer.
(b) A cousin of the count's.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the "King of Rome"?

2. How does Nicholas receive Mary when she comes to visit him, his mother and Sonya?

3. Why does Pierre leave St. Petersburg for Moscow?

4. Who does Rostopchin allow the mob in front of his house to kill?

5. Why is Mary unsure about meeting Nicholas?

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