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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 out into the streets of Moscow to find Napoleon?
(a) He gets into a dispute with some looting soldiers and is taken prisoner.
(b) He rescues a small child and then a young woman.
(c) He attacks some French soldiers with his dagger.
(d) He gets into a fight with several looters.

2. How does Natasha react when Anatole tells her he is in love with her?
(a) She is uncomfortable at his lack of propriety, and questions how he could be in love with someone he's only just met the day before.
(b) She is overcome with delight and says nothing except that she is already engaged.
(c) She tells him not to say that; she is engaged and in love with another man.
(d) She is flattered and presses his hand.

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

4. How does Tolstoy view Napoleon's dispositions for the Battle of Borodino?
(a) He states that they are poorly done but the French were able to carry most of them out and win the battle.
(b) He states that it's easy to see that they are very confusing and could not be carried out.
(c) He states they are very well drawn up but that they could not be carried out as they should have been.
(d) He states that due to Napoleon's genius, they are well drawn up and that they were carried out to the letter.

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

6. What does Count Rostov say to Petya when he says he wants to join the army?
(a) He begs him not to speak of it with the Countess as she will be very upset.
(b) He is sympathetic with his son's patriotism and goes to get a posting for him.
(c) He says that Petya is so young, his mother's milk is not yet dry on his lips.
(d) He is embarrassed that this should cme up when they have dinner guests and flatly refuses to help him.

7. Who is in the force which comes and liberates Pierre?
(a) Dolokhov.
(b) Petya.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Denisov.

8. Where do the Rostovs go after leaving Moscow?
(a) They go to an inn near Moscow.
(b) They go to a distant relation of the countess.
(c) They must stay in a small town fourteen miles from Moscow.
(d) They go to Otradnoe.

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

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

11. What news does Pierre hear from Rostopchin and his adjutant when he arrives back in Moscow after Borodino?
(a) Anatole is dying and Helene has converted to Catholicism.
(b) Andrew is mortally wounded, and Moscow is being deserted.
(c) Anatole has had his leg amputated and Helene is leaving Russia for Europe.
(d) Anatole and Andrew have been killed and Helene is planning to marry again.

12. What happens when Dolokhov goes to spy in the French camp near the village?
(a) He is asked for the password, gives it, and is told how many French are there.
(b) The French offer him soup but he makes a mistake despite his fluency and they become alarmed.
(c) He is asked for the password tries to leave quickly but is hindered by trouble mounting his horse.
(d) He is asked for the password, doesn't have it, ignores the question, and moves on.

13. Who does Rostopchin allow the mob in front of his house to kill?
(a) Klyucharev.
(b) Vereshchagin.
(c) Vereshchagin's father.
(d) A factory worker.

14. How does Kutuzov's staff explain their plan to cut off the French on the road to Smolensk to him?
(a) They do not communicate with him, they just do it.
(b) They send an envelope with a blank piece of paper in it.
(c) They don't explain anything, but merely tell him they will abide by his request.
(d) They detail the plan heavily hoping that he will appreciate their military genius.

15. 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 is badly wounded and knows he won't survive the march.
(c) He has fever, is dying, and knows he won't survive the march.
(d) He has dysentery and is afraid of being left alone in Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Natasha goes to the Bolkonski's to visit Mary and the old prince?

2. What happens to Kutuzov after he sees the Tsar at Vilna?

3. How does Napoleon react to Balashev when they first meet?

4. Who arrives at the Rostov's home in Moscow after they have left?

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

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