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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: “1930” — “An Afternoon Assignation”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 2: "1926: Adieu," the Count learns that the statue of Gogol was replaced with a statue of whom at the Arbat Andreyev's?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Marx.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Gorky.

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?
(a) Newton and Galileo.
(b) Aristotle and Plato.
(c) Einstein and Galileo.
(d) Pythagoras and Einstein.

3. Of the Count, the narrator says in Book 2: "1926: Adieu," "his philosophical leanings had always been essentially" what?
(a) "Fateful."
(b) "Religious."
(c) "Meteorological."
(d) "Based on chance."

4. 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 208.
(b) Suite 621.
(c) Suite 317.
(d) Suite 412.

5. For what time is the Count's appointment with Nina Kulikova set in the opening of Book 1: "Anyway..."?
(a) 4:00.
(b) 1:00.
(c) 3:00.
(d) 2:00.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the bellhops at the Hotel Metropol?

2. Who is manning the front desk at the Hotel Metropol when the Count arrives in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

3. Where does Anna take a train in the beginning of Book 2: "Addendum"?

4. At what time does the narrator describe Count Rostov being escorted through the gates of the Kremlin onto Red Square in Book 1: "1922: An Ambassador"?

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

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