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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: “1953: Apostles and Apostates”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of wine is served to the Count and the stranger in the separate dining room prior to dinner in Book 3: "An Alliance"?
(a) Cabernet Sauvignon.
(b) Riesling.
(c) Gewurztraminer.
(d) Rkatsiteli.

2. How many soldiers were deployed from Odessa to the Baltic in Operaton Barbarossa?
(a) About 1 million.
(b) Over 4 million.
(c) Over 3 million.
(d) About 2 million.

3. On what date was Article 58 of the Criminal Code drafted, according to the narrator in Book 3: "Arachne's Art"?
(a) January 3, 1928.
(b) February 25, 1927.
(c) November 17, 1929.
(d) June 12, 1887.

4. What is the name of the "Goliath" that tends to the solitary man in the separate dining room in Book 3: "An Alliance"?
(a) Vladimir.
(b) Fyodor.
(c) Osip.
(d) Emile.

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 Taxi Drivers.
(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 Coal Miners.
(d) The First Congress of the Moscow Branch of the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Princess Golitsyn on her way to a ball in the Count's story to Nina in Book 1: "Anyway..."?

2. When did the Germans launch Operation Barbarossa?

3. Who wrote the essay on cannibalism that Sofia is reading in Book 3: "Antics, Antitheses, an Accident"?

4. What is Anna Urbanova's profession?

5. Where is a private party held at the Boyarsky in Book 3: "An Alliance"?

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