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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of women does the narrator say are so alluring?
(a) English.
(b) Russian.
(c) French.
(d) American.

2. Who does the narrator visit in Russian as a young boy?
(a) His Russian uncle.
(b) His maiden aunt.
(c) His French grandmother.
(d) His Russian grandmother.

3. Where does Charlotte store newspaper clippings and photographs from her past?
(a) A huge trunk in the attic.
(b) The Mongolian Suitcase.
(c) The Siberian Suitcase.
(d) The armoire.

4. In what context does the narrator imagine the French villages his grandmother describes?
(a) In the context of the Napoleonic Wars.
(b) In the context of WWI.
(c) In the context of the French tourists the narrator has met.
(d) In the context of Russian villages.

5. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?
(a) The flood of the Danube.
(b) The Russian revolution.
(c) The Paris flood.
(d) The Spanish revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Nicholas II responsible in the early part of the 20th century?

2. Who is Charlotte?

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

4. What characteristic about women does the narrator recall in his own life?

5. What outrages the narrator concerning France and the Russian revolution?

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