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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. 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 Taxi Drivers.
(b) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.
(c) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Coal Miners.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Steelworkers.
2. Why does the Count go to see Marina in Book 1: "An Assembly"?
(a) To get a shave.
(b) To get a haircut.
(c) To have his pants repaired.
(d) To have his jacket repaired.
3. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1880.
4. On what day of the week does the Count go for his weekly trim at the hotel barber?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Fridays.
5. What Shakespearean play does the author allude to when describing the Count's appointment in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) Twelfth Night.
(b) Henry V.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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..."?
2. Who is the florist at the Hotel Metropol?
3. Who is the barber of the Metropol Hotel?
4. For what time is the Count's appointment with Nina Kulikova set in the opening of Book 1: "Anyway..."?
5. What is the title of the poem that is credited to Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov that opens the novel?
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