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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. How has Natasha changed since becoming ill?
(a) She is melancholy and idle.
(b) She is bitter and full of self loathing.
(c) She is her former cheerful self.
(d) She is serious and reflective.

2. Pierre is shown a section of Revelations by one of his fellow Masons which corresponds with Napoleon. What does he find in reading it?
(a) He sees that Napoleon is the beast and decides that he must spread this word to everyone in Russia.
(b) Knowing that Napoleon's name adds up to 666, he unsuccessfully tries to use the same calculations with his name.
(c) Napoleon's name in Russian and French adds up to 666.
(d) His name in French and Napoleon's both add up to 666.

3. 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.

4. Boris is at a ball dancing with Helene at Vilna. Who arrives to speak with the tsar?
(a) Prince Bagration.
(b) Balashev.
(c) Arakcheev.
(d) None of the above.

5. What happens to Petya when he goes with Dolokhov to attack the French?
(a) His horse stumbles on a coal and he falls, breaking his neck.
(b) He obeys Denisov and tries to stay back.
(c) He is shot in the head and falls from his horse.
(d) He is attacked by French soldiers and cut down with a saber.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Julie Drubetskaya gossip about as everyone is preparing to leave Moscow?

2. Balashev is sent to meet Napoleon with a letter from Alexander. Who does he meet before seeing Napoleon and how do the meetings go?

3. Who does Andrew see in the hospital tent who is badly injured?

4. Why does Tolstoy think Napoleon started the war with Russia?

5. Who does the countess first begin to talk to just before she begins to weep after Petya's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Pierre after he is taken prisoner by the French after meeting with Davout?

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

3. Why is Kutuzov at odds with his generals while they are waiting for the French to leave Moscow?

4. What change does Pierre notice in the French soldiers guarding him and other prisoners when they are leaving Moscow and how does he regard it?

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

6. Why does Nicholas feel he cannot marry Mary?

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

8. How does Princess Mary react to Nicholas when he enters Andrew's home at Bogucharovo and how does he react to her?

9. What happens between the Tsar and Kutuzov at Vilna after the last battle the Russians have with the French?

10. How does the old prince behave toward Mary after his last stroke?

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