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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11, Chapters 8-15 | Part 11, Chapters 16-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Nicholas for the wolf hunt?
(a) Natasha and Petya.
(b) Sonya, Natasha, and Petya.
(c) Petya.
(d) No one - he goes on it alone.

2. How does Nicholas handle his family's financial problems?
(a) He gets upset with his father for mismanaging their estates.
(b) Though he comes home to offer support, he is unable to do anything.
(c) He gets upset with his mother for begging him to come back to help when he knows nothing about such things.
(d) He goes to speak to the steward, gets very angry, and kicks him out the door.

3. How does Natasha behave at Ilagin's?
(a) She loves his playing the guitar and dances for them.
(b) At Ilagin's insistence, she reluctantly sings while he plays guitar.
(c) She is weary from hunting and falls asleep.
(d) She is unhappy with the rustic nature of Ilagin's house and wants to go home.

4. Why does Nicholas need to whisper to his wolf hound?
(a) He does not want the wolf to hear him calling.
(b) He doesn't want the other hunts men to hear.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He doesn't want the other hounds to hear him call to his hound.

5. Nicholas is patrolling the picket lines. What is a picket?
(a) Soldiers set apart from a main army to guard them from surprise attack.
(b) A border between one army and another.
(c) A line of stakes set in the ground behind which artillery is positioned.
(d) A portion of a fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the battle at Borodino, where does Pierre stay the night?

2. What makes Nicholas decide to return home on leave?

3. Nicholas is told to give a message to the Tsar. What happens after that?

4. What sort of man is Rostopchin?

5. What news does Pierre hear from Rostopchin and his adjutant when he arrives back in Moscow after Borodino?

(see the answer key)

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