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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: “Adjustments” — “Addendum”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Halecki call the Count to his office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) To tell him that he is being evicted from the hotel.
(b) To tell him that he is being fired as headwaiter at the Boyarsky.
(c) To tell him that the KGB has been asking for him.
(d) To tell him that the staff has been instructed not to use honorifics when addressing him.

2. When did the Count's father have his clock commissioned?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1882.

3. To whom does the Count take Sofia to see if she will watch over her in Book 3: "Ascending, Alighting"?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Anna.
(d) Marina.

4. What is Pavel's last name?
(a) Ivanovich.
(b) Mindich.
(c) Kulikova.
(d) Litvinova.

5. In Book 3: "Arachne's Art," the narrator asserts, "History is the business of identifying momentous events from the comfort of" what?
(a) "A throne."
(b) "A high-back chair."
(c) "A great wealth."
(d) "A perception of thought."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Count planning on meeting with Mishka in the beginning of Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?

2. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

3. By what name does the Count call the one-eyed cat at the Hotel Metropole?

4. What gesture of the Count's comes to infuriate Anna during her train ride in Book 2: "Addendum"?

5. Who is described as the sous-chef of the Boyarsky in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?

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