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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: “1926: Adieu”.

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 Shalyapin.
(b) The Idlehour.
(c) The Piazza.
(d) The Boyarsky.

2. In what province does the Count tell Anna he spent a good part of his youth in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Nizhny Novgorod.
(b) Irkutsk Oblast.
(c) Zabaykalsky Krai.
(d) Primosky Krai.

3. In what room is the Count standing when Book 2: "1926: Adieu" begins?
(a) Suite 329.
(b) Suite 317.
(c) Suite 426.
(d) Suite 241.

4. When did the Hotel Metropol first open its doors, according to the narrator in Book 1: "An Appointment"?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1905.

5. What is the room number to which Anna Urbanova invites the Count to visit her in Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary"?
(a) Suite 317.
(b) Suite 412.
(c) Suite 621.
(d) Suite 208.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Count enters the ballroom in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," Nina explains that she and her friend are testing the "hypotheses of two renowned mathematicians in a single experiment." Who are the mathematicians being tested?

3. On what date does Book 2: "1923: An Actress, an Apparition, an Apiary" begin?

4. What does Count Rostov give as his current address in the court transcript that appears before the opening of Book 1?

5. Who is the handyman that the Count occasionally shares cups of coffee with on the roof of the Hotel Metropole?

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