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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nickname of Nicholas II at the time the narrator is in school?
(a) Nicholas the Fool.
(b) Nicholas the Just.
(c) Nicholas the Bloody.
(d) He does not have a nickname.

2. What does Albertine's family not understand?
(a) Why she would stay in Russia.
(b) Why she wants to return to France.
(c) Why she refuses to learn French.
(d) Why she is friendly with the narrator's family.

3. What type of dwellings does Albertine move into with each move?
(a) Newer ones.
(b) Smaller ones.
(c) Larger ones.
(d) Older ones.

4. What does the narrator spend much time doing?
(a) Looking through old photo albums.
(b) Sailing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Playing tennis.

5. What outrages the narrator concerning France and the Russian revolution?
(a) That the Russians believe the French are superior.
(b) That the French support the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II.
(c) That the French believe Russians are inferior.
(d) That the Russians copy French fashion instead of creating their own fashions.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what group of Russians is the narrator's grandmother similar in age?

2. What is one of the narrator's grandmother's most prized possessions?

3. What is one thing the narrator and his sister can visualize as their grandmother is telling a story?

4. What two worlds does the narrator become obsessed with as far as their having a meal together?

5. In what context does the narrator imagine the French villages his grandmother describes?

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