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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. Why does Kutuzov need to worry about his staff when the Tsar writes to rebuke him in early October?
(a) He has lost staff members, namely Prince Bagration and Barclay de Tolly.
(b) Some of his staff members are more interested in glory than in preserving Russia and the army.
(c) Some of his staff members are trying to discredit him to the Tsar.
(d) All of the above.

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

3. Who joins Denisov in his guerrilla efforts?
(a) Dolokhov.
(b) Tikhon, the Bolkonski's servant.
(c) A French deserting drummer boy.
(d) Nicholas.

4. How does Nicholas receive Mary when she comes to visit him, his mother and Sonya?
(a) He is happy to see her and to tell her of his and Sonya's engagement.
(b) He is moody and will not speak much with her.
(c) He is happy she has come to see his mother but is too busy to care otherwise.
(d) He is very happy to see her and hopes to renew their acquaintance.

5. What happens when Platon makes a shirt for a French officer and presents it to him?
(a) Platon does not have it ready when he promised.
(b) Platon shows him his work and is pleased, but steals the leftover scraps.
(c) Platon shows him his work and tries to keep the scraps for leg bands.
(d) Platon does not have the right supplies to make the shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Petya when he goes with Dolokhov to attack the French?

2. In Tolstoy's mathematical problem, what kind of animal is Achilles trying to catch up with?

3. Who pays special attention to Natasha at the opera with Maria Dmitrievna?

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

5. How is Pierre feeling the first few days he is in Moscow before the French arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Andrew request a post in Turkey?

2. Where does Pierre go after Borodino and how has he reacted to the battle?

3. In what state is Andrew when Natasha finds him traveling with her family out of Moscow, and what is his reaction to seeing her?

4. What is Tolstoy's view of Count Rostopchin's actions in Moscow immediately preceding the arrival of the French?

5. What does Napoleon say to Rapp about colds and medicine before the battle of Borodino?

6. Why do the French end up abandoning a city that was their emperor's goal in invading Russia?

7. Berg goes to the Rostov's as they are packing up to leave Moscow. Why does he go there?

8. What has happened to Pierre to change Natasha's view about him?

9. How does Pierre and Andrew's meeting before the battle of Borodino go?

10. What happens to Nicholas when he and his regiment attack the French at Ostróvna?

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