View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 10, Chapters 1-7 | Part 10, Chapters 8-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Princess Mary has her hair done in a different style for the guests. How does her father react to her?
(a) He gets angry with her and tells her to leave his sight.
(b) He tells her in front of them that he does not approve of it and never to do it again.
(c) He pays no attention to it as he is not interested in such "feminine" things.
(d) He tells her that it is quite becoming.

2. Prince Vasili in the beginning of Part 3 is described as...
(a) A man who plans carefully without regard for the well being of others.
(b) A scheming man who acts with deliberate premeditation.
(c) A kindly man who is manipulated by his family.
(d) A man who bears no one any ill will but acts in his own interest when opportunity presents itself.

3. Why does Boris speed up his courting of Julie Karagina?
(a) He is madly in love with her and fears if he doesn't propose quickly, he will lose the opportunity.
(b) His leave is ending and he is having trouble finding time to visit with her as he has so much to do.
(c) He is madly in love with her and sees with each visit that she is increasingly receptive to his attentions.
(d) His mother, Anna Mikhaylovna, tells him that Prince Vasili is trying to arrange a marriage between Julie and Anatole.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pierre goes to Anna Pavlovna's soiree, he is especially delighted to see...

2. When Andrew goes to visit his family at Bald Hills, he begins to tell little Nicholas the story of Bluebeard and but then stops and begins to brood over something. What is he thinking about?

3. Who does Andrew stay with when he goes to Brunn?

4. What is Maria Dmitrievna's reputation in Russian social circles?

5. Prince Nicholas Bolkonsky believes in only two vices and two virtues. What are they?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 536 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample