Q 01/05

Hoping to wed one of her two lovers, what does Pierre's wife do to try to escape her marriage?

A) Joins a Lutheran church

B) Converts to Catholicism

C) Bribes the Holy Synod

D) Flees abroad with a lover

Answer · why

B) Converts to Catholicism

Converts to Catholicism, hoping her new Church can annul her marriage to Pierre.

Q 02/05

Why do Pierre's schemes to free and help his serfs mostly come to nothing?

A) The Tsar forbids them

B) His stewards quietly thwart them

C) His serfs refuse them

D) He loses his fortune at cards

Answer · why

B) His stewards quietly thwart them

His stewards quietly thwart them, staging grateful welcomes on his tour so Pierre believes his reforms are working while the peasants' burdens stay th...

Q 03/05

When Tsar Alexander addresses Moscow's nobles in 1812, what do they pledge to the war effort?

A) Grain to feed the whole army

B) Their estates to the crown

C) Recruits for the militia

D) To burn Moscow themselves

Answer · why

C) Recruits for the militia

Recruits for the militia, and Pierre, ashamed of his outspoken speech, makes amends by pledging a thousand men and their upkeep.

Q 04/05

At old Count Bezukhov's deathbed, what do Princess Drubetskaya and the count's eldest niece struggle over?

A) A casket of jewels

B) A holy icon

C) His will

D) A bag of gold

Answer · why

C) His will

His will, which leaves everything to Pierre, so when the old count dies, Pierre inherits the whole fortune.

Q 05/05

In occupied Moscow, whose life does Pierre save before the man befriends him?

A) A French officer's

B) A Cossack scout's

C) A Russian priest's

D) A fire warden's

Answer · why

A) A French officer's

A French officer's life, Captain Ramballe's, and the grateful captain befriends Pierre while Pierre is secretly plotting to kill Napoleon.