War and Peace — Questions and answers
In the summer of 1805, at Anna Pavlovna Scherer's house in Petersburg, who were the two young men who drew apart from the crowd to talk honestly?
Answer: Pierre Bezukhov and Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
Before leaving to join the army, where did Prince Andrei Bolkonsky leave his young wife, Lise?
Answer: At his father's estate called Bald Hills
At what battle did Prince Andrei Bolkonsky seize the regiment's fallen standard and run forward before being struck down?
Answer: The Battle of Austerlitz
After the death of his father, Count Bezukhov, which family skillfully courted Pierre Bezukhov?
Answer: The Kuragin family
At a ball at the Rostov house in Moscow, whom did Andrei, now a widower, see for the first time and later ask to marry?
Answer: Natasha Rostova
While Andrei was abroad and their wedding was still months away, which nobleman persuaded Natasha to agree to run away with him?
Answer: Anatole Kuragin
In September 1812, at what village outside Moscow did Napoleon's army meet the Russian army in a bloody battle where Andrei was badly wounded?
Answer: Borodino
When Moscow was abandoned and burning, who stayed behind and was seized by French soldiers while attempting to get near French headquarters?
Answer: Pierre Bezukhov
In what town did Natasha find the wounded Andrei, and nurse him through his final days, with his sister Marya also present?
Answer: Yaroslavl
After the war, whom did Natasha's brother Nikolai marry, leading to the two families living close together at Bald Hills?
Answer: Andrei's sister Marya