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

2. Shortly after Natasha's recovery from her illness, why does Pierre decide not to visit with the Rostovs anymore?
(a) He is angry of Natasha's continued love for Andrew when Andrew refuses to forgive her.
(b) He becomes occupied in joining the army and cannot spend time with them.
(c) He realizes that he is in love with Natasha and is made uncomfortable by her attentions to him.
(d) Countess Rostova tells him that Natasha is only happy when he is around.

3. What happens when Count Orlov-Denisov and his Cossacks try to engage the French?
(a) They engage the French and smash up the division separated from the rest of the French army.
(b) They fail to surprise the French as the informer is an impostor who has led them into a trap.
(c) They are successful at engaging the French but once the Cossacks take prisoners and collect valuable booty, they won't continue the fight.
(d) They arrive where the French are supposed to be but the entire army has joined them and the count looses most of his Cossacks.

4. How do the French react to the ringing of bells when they enter Moscow?
(a) They are pleased to hear them and think that services are still being held even though the city has been conquered.
(b) They are confused and wonder what the bells mean.
(c) They are joyful at such a pleasant sound thinking that the Russians are welcoming them.
(d) They are disturbed because they do not know the bells are ringing for vespers.

5. When Andrew goes to visit his family at Bald Hills, he begins to tell little Nicholas the story of Bluebeard and but then stops and begins to brood over something. What is he thinking about?
(a) He is thinking about Natasha after a recent conversation with Mary which makes him irritable.
(b) He has no remorse for arguing with his father nor tender feeling for his son.
(c) He is thinking about how sad he is to leave Mary with his father.
(d) He is thinking about how he will find Anatole and punish him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pierre find about himself while walking and when being still?

2. Who assists Anatole in his abduction of Natasha?

3. After the end of the war, when does Pierre say he will go to St. Petersburg?

4. Why is Petya forbidden by his general to take part in Denisov's action when he sends Petya with a dispatch for him?

5. What happens when Platon makes a shirt for a French officer and presents it to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tolstoy view the war and its causes?

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

3. Why does Andrew request a post in Turkey?

4. Why does Nicholas feel he cannot marry Mary?

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

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

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

8. While Moscow is being abandoned, what is everyone in St. Petersburg saying about Helene?

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

10. How does Helene resolve her dilemma over which of her two suitors she should marry?

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