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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Prince Nicholas Bolkonsky believes in only two vices and two virtues. What are they?

2. Natasha goes into the conservatory to hide when her family is first introduced. What is she waiting for?

3. Pierre goes to visit Prince Andrew at Bogucharovo. How does Andrew appear to him?

4. Why does Prince Bolkonsky insist on teaching Mary geometry?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the old Prince insist that Andrew delay his marriage for a year?

2. How does Pierre end up engaged to Helene?

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

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

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

6. Why is Tushin called in to speak to Bagration and what is the result of his interview?

7. How is Andrew like his father?

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

9. What goes through Andrew's mind during the New Years Eve ball?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tolstoy frequently repeats descriptions of people and of their appearance and mannerisms. What is the effect of this on the reader? Is it important and if so why? Please use examples.

Essay Topic 2

In some dramatizations, the story of Nicholas, Sonya and Mary is greatly diminished or eliminated. Is their story important to the whole and if so why?

Essay Topic 3

Sonya and Mary: Nicholas is drawn to them both. Why? Explore the differences between the two, how they change through the book and how Nicholas' viewpoint changes and why.

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