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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Helene's mother react to her attempt to get divorced?
(a) She is happy for her.
(b) She is upset at first but later determines that Helene is right.
(c) She is furious as she has wanted to do the same.
(d) She is unhappy but hopes Pierre will give her a lot of money.

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

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

4. What prevents Anatole from openly courting Natasha?
(a) Count Rostov is very protective of his daughter.
(b) Natasha's engagement to Prince Andrew.
(c) Marya Dmitrievna dislikes the Kuragins and tells Natasha that she will not allow them in her home.
(d) Anatole is already married.

5. Who assists Anatole in his abduction of Natasha?
(a) No one.
(b) Dolokhov and Helene.
(c) Dolokhov.
(d) Helene.

6. When Pierre goes to see Andrew after his return from his cure, who is Andrew talking about and what does he say before and immediately after their greeting?
(a) He is discussing Bagration and that he is extremely valuable in his position.
(b) He is discussing Speranski and how so much of what he did was not really useful.
(c) He is discussing Speranski and says that he has done more good for Russia than anyone else.
(d) He is discussing Kutuzov and that he has the interests of Russia foremost in his decisions.

7. Seven years after the war with France, how is Alexander regarded?
(a) He is highly respected for all the good he has done for Russian since that time.
(b) He is regarded as a sovereign who did his best but his enthusiasm and youth hindered his judgment.
(c) He is well esteemed for his desire to flog the invaders despite the actual outcome.
(d) He is looked upon with no respect for his mistakes with Napoleon.

8. How does Pierre react to Platon's illness when he is sitting by the birch tree?
(a) Pierre is afraid that he will catch the fever Platon has and leaves but then he feels guilty and goes back.
(b) Pierre knows Platon is sick, but knows he cannot help him.
(c) Pierre does not want to go near Platon.
(d) Perre is compassionate and wants to help Platon.

9. What is Tolstoy's metaphor of the two fencers about?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Napoleon entered Russia without declaring war.
(c) Alexander had believed all of Napoleon's promises and allied himself with France but then ordered his troops to fight.
(d) One fencer is the Russian army not abiding by the "rules" of combat.

10. Why is Petya forbidden by his general to take part in Denisov's action when he sends Petya with a dispatch for him?
(a) Petya disobeys orders and, through his recklessness, disrupts an important skirmish.
(b) Count Rostov has requested that Petya not be in action.
(c) Petya has disgraced himself with his generous but servile behavior with the rest of his regiment.
(d) During a previous action, instead of staying back Petya rides to the front of the line and fires a pistol twice.

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

12. 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) When the family is in Troitsa after Natasha has begun to tend Andrew and his wounds.
(c) After she hears that Nicholas has met Mary and that he is drawn to her.
(d) While the family is getting ready to leave Moscow she agrees to write.

13. What does Pierre find about himself while walking and when being still?
(a) When he is marching he is afraid of the French killing a prisoner who can't keep up but when he stops, he feels more secure.
(b) His feet hurt, but when he marches the pain leaves.
(c) He is indifferent to either and just does what he must to survive.
(d) He finds that now he has no reason to afraid, for as Platon has said, "Suffer an hour, live for an age!"

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

15. What does Natasha see happening to Mary in the future?
(a) She sees her marrying Pierre.
(b) She sees her marrying Nicholas.
(c) She sees her living with her as a sister.
(d) She has no thought for the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nicholas meet with his squadron when seeking shelter at an inn from the rain?

2. Shortly after Natasha's recovery from her illness, why does Pierre decide not to visit with the Rostovs anymore?

3. What happens to Mary when she is leaving Bogucharovo for Moscow?

4. Who is sent to the staff quarters to inform them of the fact that the detachment sent to fight the French division encountered the entire army?

5. How long did the French and Russians not engage in battle after Borodino?

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