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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: "An Assembly" - "Advent".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Nina when she befriends the Count?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

2. By what affectionate name does the Count refer to the grand dining room off the lobby at the Hotel Metropole?
(a) The Boyarsky.
(b) The Shalyapin.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Idlehour.

3. Who is the baron that managed the Hotel Metropole when the Count's godfather was involved in a duel?
(a) Fyodor.
(b) Keffler.
(c) Audrius.
(d) Arkady.

4. Who comes to fetch the Count to Mr. Halecki's office in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) Arkady.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Petya.
(d) Jozef.

5. Who is holding their second meeting while the Count and Nina spy from the ballroom balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Steelworkers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Taxi Drivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date do the Count and Nina sneak into the balcony in Book 1: "An Assembly"?

2. What does the Count order at the dining room adjacent to the lobby of the Hotel Metropole in Book 1: "An Acquaintanceship"?

3. On what date does Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador" open?

4. What is the name of Dr. Stahlbaum's children?

5. Of the ballroom, the narrator says in Book 1: "An Assembly," "Of course, there is now much more canvas than cashmere in the room, more gray than gold. But is the patch on the elbow really that much different from" what?

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