Wait, Who's That?
The opening scene of 'War and Peace' features a soirée hosted by this aristocratic Russian woman.
Who is Anna Pavlovna Scherer?
These are the generals of the French and Russian armies respectively.
Who are General Napoleon Bonaparte and General Kutuzov?
The word that fills the blank in this opening quote spoken by Anna Pavlovna about Napoleon: "I warn you, if you do not tell me we are at war, if you still allow yourself to palliate all the infamies, all the atrocities of that ________ (upon my word, I believe it)- I no longer know you." (3)
What is Antichrist?
These are the two cities in Russia both considered to be its capitals.
What are Petersburg and Moscow?
The age Natasha Rostova is at the beginning of the novel.
What is 13?
This is Pierre Bezukhov's friend who frequently indulges in gambling, drinking, and women, and was then demoted in the Russian army.
Who is Fyodor Ivanovich Dolokhov?
These three country's armies were involved in the Battle of Austerlitz.
What are France, Russia, and Austria?
The word that fills the blanks of this quote spoken by Prince Vassily to Pierre Bezukhov: "I'm over fifty, my friend...Everything ends in _____, everything. _____ is terrible." (86)
What is Death?
This is the year the opening scene of War and Peace takes place.
What is 1805?
What is second cousins?
This is a young boy, focused heavily on social status, who is off to go fight in the war. Before he leaves, Natasha kisses him and says they will be engaged.
Who is Boris Mikhailov?
This was the natural phenomenon that took place during the Battle of Austerlitz that obstructed the view of the battlefield.
What is fog?
The word that fills the blank of this quote spoken by Andrei Bolkonsky to Pierre Bezukhov: "If everyone made war only according to his own ___________, there would be no war.” (25)
What is Convictions?
This is the card game used to gamble and socialize; it is frequently seen being played by the Russian aristocrats and generals of the army.
What is Boston?
The name of Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky's (aka the old prince, Andrei Bolkonsky's father) estate where he lives with his daughter Marya.
What is Bald Hills?
This is the woman Princess Marya Bolkonskaya writes to and whom Sonya Rostova fears Nikolai Rostov will marry.
Who is Julie Kuragina?
The Austrian general killed in the Battle of Schöngraben after "his horse had been shot from under him" (150).
Who is General Schmidt?
The word that fills the blank of this quote spoken by General Denisov to Nikolai Rostov: “You see, fghriend,” he said, “we’re asleep until we love. We’re childghren of ____… but fall in love--- and you’re God, you’re pure as on the fighrst day of cghreation.” (131)
What is Dust?
This is the name for Russian currency.
What is a rouble?
Prince Andrei "seized" this object as he ran with his battalion during the battle of Austerlitz as a way to achieve his moment of glory (280).
What is the standard?
**DAILY DOUBLE** This character is an officer of the Semyonovsky regiment and an intimate of Vera Rostova, and says the famous quote, “love was a heavenly, not an earthly, feeling.” (62)
Who is Lieutenant Alphonse Karlovich Berg (Berg)?
This is the river where the battle of Schöngraben took place.
What is the Danube River?
The two words that fill the blanks of this quote spoken by Andrei Bolkonsky when he is injured at Austerlitz: “Yes! Everything is empty, everything is a deception, except this _______ ___. There is nothing, nothing except that.” (281)
What are Infinite and Sky?
In the Russian Orthodox tradition, this celebration corresponds to the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named. We see Natasha Rostova and the Countess celebrating this early in the novel.
What is Name-Day?
Nickolai Rostov joined this regiment which was a formation of the light cavalry of the Russian Imperial Army.
What is the Pavlogradsky hussar regiment?