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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. Who does Tolstoy refer to as Andrew's hero after the battle at Schon Grabern?
(a) Prince Bagration.
(b) Napoleon Buonaparte.
(c) General Mack.
(d) Emperor Francis

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

3. Andrew goes to visit Pierre the night after the Bergs party. What does he discuss with him?
(a) He had noticed Pierre's overall melancholy and wants to help him.
(b) His distress that the reforms he is drawing up are slow in materializing.
(c) He is considering going abroad to take a cure and wants to know if Pierre thinks it's a good idea.
(d) His love for Natasha.

4. How does Andrew react to his evening with the Rostovs in St. Petersburg?
(a) He enjoys himself very much but finds them to be too provincial.
(b) He is neither pleased nor displeased with them and pays the call merely out of courtesy.
(c) He enjoys himself, finds them charming, and Natasha's singing moves him nearly to tears.
(d) He is bored by them and has little in common with them.

5. Who does Andrew hear and see shortly after the first shot before the action at Schon Grabern?
(a) Captain Tushin.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Boris Drubetskoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nicholas is patrolling the picket lines. What is a picket?

2. At his home, what advice does Prince Andrew give to Pierre?

3. What dance do Denisov and Natasha do at Iogel's ball?

4. Who are Princess Mary's "God's Folk"?

5. Boris goes to visit the Rostovs. What does he think of Natasha?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pierre follow up with his attempts at self-purification and how does he view his fellow Masons?

2. When Nicholas goes to Olmutz to see Boris why does he get into an argument with Prince Andrew?

3. Why does Kutuzov not push his troops into combat?

4. Dolokhov was last seen at Austerlitz talking back to a superior officer. What has happened since that time?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Pierre so unconcerned for his future?

10. How do Andrew and his family react to Pierre's surprise visit to Bogucharovo?

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