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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: “1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary” — “1924: Anonymity”.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?
(a) The Idlehour.
(b) The Boyarsky.
(c) The Shalyapin.
(d) The Piazza.
2. Who comes to fetch the Count to Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) Petya.
(b) Jozef.
(c) Fyodor.
(d) Arkady.
3. Who is the afternoon doorman that the Count winks at when he arrives at the Hotel Metropol in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?
(a) Audrius.
(b) Andrey.
(c) Emile.
(d) Pavel.
4. Where did the old blind woman tell Princess Golitsyn she was going to see her son in the Count's story in Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) Nevsky.
(b) Sedova.
(c) Kudrovo.
(d) Oblast.
5. Why does Mr. Halecki call the Count to his office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) To tell him that the KGB has been asking for him.
(b) To tell him that he is being evicted from the hotel.
(c) To tell him that the staff has been instructed not to use honorifics when addressing him.
(d) To tell him that he is being fired as headwaiter at the Boyarsky.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the barber of the Metropol Hotel?
2. How old is Nina when she befriends the Count?
3. In what Shakespearean play does Dogberry appear, as noted in the allusion in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
4. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
5. Who is said to be the current resident of room 317 at the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "Archeologies"?
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