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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nicholas is patrolling the picket lines. What is a picket?
(a) A line of stakes set in the ground behind which artillery is positioned.
(b) A portion of a fence.
(c) Soldiers set apart from a main army to guard them from surprise attack.
(d) A border between one army and another.

2. Why does Kutuzov request Andrew to work with him?
(a) He wants Andrew to keep command of the troops as he (Kutuzov) is elderly.
(b) He needs an adjutant.
(c) He knew Andrew's father and knows Andrew to be a good soldier.
(d) He wants to keep an eye on him.

3. Nichols has returned to his regiment. How does the regiment respond to his arrival and how does he react?
(a) They all run to greet him and he feels as happy as he did at home with his family.
(b) They are all starving and he is happy to have brought provisions to share with them.
(c) They all are starving and irritable and he is frustrated at the thought of having no provisions.
(d) They are all busy but he is happy to be back with them.

4. Nicholas goes home on leave. How does he react to Sonya?
(a) He is angry that he ever told her he loved her.
(b) He is very happy to see her but is uncertain how she feels about him.
(c) He pays no attention to her whatsoever as he has decided that he has grown past their childhood romance.
(d) He is struck by how pretty she is but feels estranged from her.

5. What does Pierre reflect upon after the duel with Dolokhov?
(a) That he hopes Helene still loves him and will have his child after all this.
(b) That he has, so he thinks, killed a man for a depraved woman whom he has never loved.
(c) That he is unfortunate for having so foul a temper that he would challenge someone he considers to be a good man and friend to a duel.
(d) That he is totally to blame and he prays that Helene will forgive him for his profound error.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tsar goes to Olmutz to review the troops. How does Nicholas react when he sees him?

2. Andrew goes to Speranski's for dinner What does he think of him and his company?

3. Who does Dolokhov propose to?

4. Princess Mary wishes to speak to Andrew before he leaves about a specific request. What is it?

5. General Kutuzov does not want his troops to present themselves to the Austrian general in their great coats. Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Andrew think about after he is wounded?

2. What strange aspect do readers see in Dolokhov in the chapters following the duel?

3. Why does Nicholas feel troubled on seeing the Tsar with Napoleon?

4. Why do the three princesses living at Count Bezukhov's treat Pierre so badly?

5. Why is Pierre so unconcerned for his future?

6. Why is Nicholas so keen on sighting the wolf before anyone else?

7. What leads Pierre to challenge Dolokhov to a duel?

8. How has Prince Andrew changed by being involved in the war instead of St. Petersburg society? Why did this change occur?

9. What are the obvious differences between Prince Andrew and Pierre that is illustrated at the start of the story?

10. Why is Anna Mikhaylovna so eager to help Pierre?

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