The action of the novel War and Peace covers the period. At what point in his life did Andrei Bolkonsky (L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”) become disillusioned with his dream of fame and exploits? "black eyes, big mouth"

1) “...a thin, miniature brunette with a soft look, shaded by long eyelashes, a thick black braid that wrapped around her head twice, and a yellowish tint to the skin on her face and especially on her naked, thin, but graceful, muscular arms and neck.”

2) “Dark-eyed, with a big mouth, an ugly, but lively girl, with her childish open shoulders that jumped out of her bodice from her fast running, with her black curls tangled back...”

3) “A tall, beautiful lady with a huge braid and very bare white, full shoulders and neck, on which was a double string of large pearls...”

3 . Who did Pierre Bezukhov duel with?a) Nikolay Rostov; b) Anatol Kuragin; c) Dolokhov; d) Andrei Bolkonsky.

4. Which of the novel's heroes dreams of "to be a soldier, just a soldier. To enter this common life with the whole being, to be imbued with what makes them so”?

A) Bolkonsky, b) Tushin, c) Nikolai Rostov, d) Pierre Bezukhov

5. At what point in life did Andrei Bolkonskydisappointed in your dream of fame and exploits?a) During his arrival at his father’s estate,

B) After the Battle of Borodino
c) After the surrender of Moscow
d) After being wounded at Austerlitz

6. What kind of family is in the novel?“War and Peace” lives “from the mind of the heart”? a) Bolkonsky
b) Kuragins
c) Bezukhovs
d) Rostov

7. What general ideaaccording to L.N. Tolstoy, the entire action of the novel “War and Peace” is subordinated? a) “family thought”, b) historical event, c) “folk thought”, d) L.N. Tolstoy did not have a general idea

8. Indicate the name of the critic whodefined the features of Tolstoy's psychologism as the “dialectics of the soul.” a) N.A. Dobrolyubov, b) V.G. Belinsky, c) D.I. Pisarev, d) N.G. Chernyshevsky

9 . What figurative and expressive means is the main one in the work “War and Peace”"? a) metaphor, b) antithesis, c) hyperbole, d) oxymoron

10. What episode does it start with?the action of L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace”?

a) from a description of the war c) from characteristics of the Rostov family

b) from a description of the evening at A.P. Sherer’s d) from a description of St. Petersburg.

11. Which of the novel's heroes is talking about whom?: “This is one of those rare women with whom you can be at peace with your honor; and, my God, what I would give now not to be married!” a) Pierre about Helene, b) Bolkonsky about Natasha Rostova, c) Bolkonsky about Lisa, d) Pierre about Rostova

12 . Name the estate in the novel by L.N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace", which the old prince Nikolai Bolkonsky gave to his son Andrei Bolkonsky during his lifetime. a) Otradnoye, b) Bald Mountains, c) Bogucharovo,

13. In what historical era does the action of L. N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” take place?

a) the era of Catherine II c) the era of Alexander I

b) the reign of Nicholas II d) the era of Alexander II

14. Remember the family tree of the Bolkonsky princes. Which of the Russian princes was the founder of their family? a) Rurik, b) Romanov, c) Monomakh

Grade 10. Test work based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace”

Option 2

1 . How many characters are there in the novel?a) more than 350, b) more than 550, c) more than 140, d) about 500.

The novel “War and Peace” by L.N. Tolstoy devoted six years of intense and persistent work. September 5, 1863 A.E. Bers, the father of Sophia Andreevna, Tolstoy’s wife, sent a letter from Moscow to Yasnaya Polyana with the following remark: “Yesterday we talked a lot about 1812 on the occasion of your intention to write a novel relating to this era.” It is this letter that researchers consider “the first accurate evidence” dating the beginning of Tolstoy’s work on War and Peace. In October of the same year, Tolstoy wrote to his relative: “I have never felt my mental and even all my moral powers so free and so capable of work. And I have this job. This work is a novel from the time of 1810 and 20s, which has been occupying me completely since the fall... I am now a writer with all the strength of my soul, and I write and think about it as I have never written or thought about it before.”

The manuscripts of “War and Peace” testify to how one of the world’s largest works was created: over 5,200 finely written sheets have been preserved in the writer’s archive. From them you can trace the entire history of the creation of the novel.

Initially, Tolstoy conceived a novel about a Decembrist who returned after a 30-year exile in Siberia. The novel began in 1856, shortly before the abolition of serfdom. But then the writer revised his plan and moved on to 1825 - the era of the Decembrist uprising. Soon the writer abandoned this beginning and decided to show the youth of his hero, which coincided with the formidable and glorious times of the Patriotic War of 1812. But Tolstoy did not stop there either, and since the war of 1812 was inextricably linked with 1805, he began his entire work from that time. Having moved the beginning of the action of his novel half a century deeper into history, Tolstoy decided to take not one, but many heroes through the most important events for Russia.

Tolstoy called his plan - to capture in artistic form the half-century history of the country - “Three Times”. The first time is the beginning of the century, its first decade and a half, the time of youth of the first Decembrists who went through the Patriotic War of 1812. The second time is the 20s with their main event - the uprising of December 14, 1825. The third time is the 50s, the unsuccessful end of the Crimean War for the Russian army, the sudden death of Nicholas I, the amnesty of the Decembrists, their return from exile and the time of waiting for changes in the life of Russia. However, in the process of working on the work, the writer narrowed the scope of his initial plan and focused on the first period, touching only on the beginning of the second period in the epilogue of the novel. But even in this form, the concept of the work remained global in scope and required the writer to exert all his strength. At the beginning of his work, Tolstoy realized that the usual framework of the novel and historical story would not be able to accommodate all the richness of the content he had planned, and began to persistently search for a new artistic form; he wanted to create a literary work of a completely unusual type. And he succeeded. “War and Peace”, according to L.N. Tolstoy is not a novel, not a poem, not a historical chronicle, it is an epic novel, a new genre of prose, which after Tolstoy became widespread in Russian and world literature.

“I LOVE PEOPLE’S THOUGHT”

“For a work to be good, you must love the main idea in it. So in “Anna Karenina” I loved the family thought, in “War and Peace” I love the people’s thought as a result of the war of 1812” (Tolstoy). The war, which resolved the issue of national independence, revealed to the writer the source of the nation's strength - the social and spiritual power of the people. The people make history. This thought illuminated all events and faces. “War and Peace” became a historical novel and received the majestic form of an epic...

The appearance of “War and Peace” in the press caused the most controversial criticism. Radical democratic magazines of the 60s. The novel was greeted with fierce attacks. In Iskra for 1869, M. Znamensky’s “Literary and Drawing Medley” appears [V. Kurochkin], parodying the novel. N. Shelgunov speaks of him: “an apology for a well-fed nobility.” T. is attacked for idealizing the lordly environment, for the fact that the position of the serf peasantry was bypassed. But the novel did not receive recognition in the reactionary-noble camp. Some of his representatives agreed to accuse Tolstoy of anti-patriotic tendencies (see P. Vyazemsky, A. Narov, etc.). A special place is occupied by N. Strakhov’s article, which emphasized the incriminating side of “War and Peace”. A very interesting article by Tolstoy himself, “A few words about “War and Peace” (1868). Tolstoy seemed to justify himself in some accusations when he wrote: “In those days, they also loved, envied, sought truth, virtue, were carried away by passions; it was the same complex mental and moral life...”

"WAR AND PEACE" FROM A MILITARY POINT OF VIEW

Roman gr. Tolstoy is interesting for a military man in a double sense: for his description of scenes of the military and military life and for his desire to draw some conclusions regarding the theory of military affairs. The first, that is, the scenes, are inimitable and, in our extreme conviction, can constitute one of the most useful additions to any course in the theory of military art; the second, that is, the conclusions, do not withstand the most lenient criticism due to their one-sidedness, although they are interesting as a transitional stage in the development of the author’s views on military affairs.

HEROES ABOUT LOVE

Andrei Bolkonsky: “I wouldn’t believe anyone who told me that I could love like that. This is not the same feeling I had before. The whole world is divided for me into two halves: one - she and there is all the happiness, hope, light; the other half is everything where it is not there, there is all despondency and darkness... I cannot help but love the light, I am not to blame for this. And I am very happy...”

Pierre Bezukhov: “If there is God and there is a future life, then there is truth, there is virtue; and man's highest happiness consists in striving to achieve them. We must live, we must love, we must believe...”

"MOTHER HUMANITY"

Already during the years of Soviet power, Lenin more than once expressed his feeling of great pride in the genius of Tolstoy; he knew and loved his works well. Gorky recalled how on one of his visits to Lenin he saw a volume of “War and Peace” on his table. Vladimir Ilyich immediately started talking about Tolstoy: “What a lump, huh? What a seasoned little man! Here, my friend, this is an artist... And, you know what else is amazing? Before this count, there was no real man in literature.

Who in Europe can be placed next to him?

He answered himself:

No one"

"MIRROR OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION"

On the one hand, a brilliant artist who gave not only incomparable pictures of Russian life, but also first-class works of world literature. On the other hand, there is a landowner who is a fool in Christ.

On the one hand, a remarkably strong, direct and sincere protest against social lies and falsehood, - on the other hand, a “Tolstoyan,” that is, a worn-out, hysterical wimp, called a Russian intellectual, who, publicly beating his chest, says: “ I am bad, I am disgusting, but I am engaged in moral self-improvement; I don’t eat meat anymore and now eat rice cutlets.”

On the one hand, a merciless criticism of capitalist exploitation, exposure of government violence, the comedy of court and government, revealing the full depth of the contradictions between the growth of wealth and the gains of civilization and the growth of poverty, savagery and torment of the working masses; on the other hand, the holy fool’s preaching of “non-resistance to evil” through violence.

REVALUATION

“In January 1871, Tolstoy sent a letter to Fet: “How happy I am... that I will never write verbose rubbish like “War” again.”

On December 6, 1908, Tolstoy wrote in his diary: “People love me for those trifles - “War and Peace”, etc., which seem very important to them.”

“In the summer of 1909, one of the visitors to Yasnaya Polyana expressed his delight and gratitude for the creation of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Tolstoy replied: “It’s the same as if someone came to Edison and said: “I respect you very much because you dance the mazurka well.” I attribute meaning to completely different books.”

TOLSTOY AND THE AMERICANS

The Americans declared the four-volume work of Leo Tolstoy “War and Peace” to be the main novel of all times. Experts from Newsweek magazine have compiled a list of one hundred books that the publication has declared to be the best ever written. As a result of the selection, the top ten, in addition to the novel by Leo Tolstoy, included: “1984” by George Orwell, “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov, “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner, “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, “On The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

Test based on L. N. Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" (volume 1) Option 1
1) Prince Nikolai Andreevich, Andrey, Marya, Nikolenka. Enter the family's last name. 6) How many natural children did Count Rostov have in his family?
a) two b) three c) four d) five
2) In what historical era does the action of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” take place?
a) the era of Catherine II c) the era of Alexander I
b) the reign of Nicholas II d) the era of Alexander II 7) Whose portrait is this? Write the character's first and last name.
"...a massive, fat young man with a cropped head, glasses, light trousers in the fashion of that time, with a high frill and a brown tailcoat."
3) What episode does the novel begin with?
a) from the author’s reflections on the war
b) from a description of the evening with the Empress's maid of honor
c) with characteristics of the Rostov family
d) from a description of St. Petersburg 8) Determine the climax of the 1st volume of the novel.
a) Battle of Austerlitz
b) meeting of emperors in Tilsit
c) name day in the Rostov house
d) council in Fili
4) Which of the heroes of the novel “War and Peace” first appears before us like this:
“Black-eyed, with a big mouth, an ugly, but lively girl, with her childish open shoulders, which shrank and moved in her bodice from fast running, with her black curls bunched back, thin bare arms and small legs in lace pantaloons and open shoes.” ? 9) Find out the hero, write his first and last name.
“Why not marry, if she is very rich? It never interferes,” thought______________.
He shaved, perfumed himself with care and panache, which had become his habit, and with his innate good-natured, victorious expression, holding his beautiful head high, entered the room...
5) Whose portrait is this? Write the character's first and last name.
“...he was a short, very handsome young man with definite and dry features.” 10) Who was Natasha Rostova in love with at the moment when the author introduces readers to the heroes of the work?
Write the character's first and last name.
Test based on L. N. Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" (volume 1) Option 2
1) Count Ilya Andreevich, Natasha, Nikolai, Petya...
Enter the last name of this family. 6) Write what was the name of the Bolkonsky estate, where Prince Bolkonsky lived with his daughter?
2) The action of the novel “War and Peace” was originally supposed to cover a huge period of Russian history. Which date is not related to the planned plot?
a) 1807 b) 1825 c) 1856 d) 1863 7) Write what goal Prince Vasily Kuragin set for himself after Pierre became rich.
3) The action of the novel “War and Peace” begins
a) in January 1812
b) in May 1807
c) in July 1805
d) in April 1801 8) Indicate the name of the battle, after which Prince Andrei became disillusioned with his idol - Napoleon.
a) Shengrabenskoe c) Borodinoskoe
b) Friedland d) Austerlitz 4) Who is Mlle Bourienne (Mademoiselle Bourienne)?
a) friend of Julie Karaginoib) niece of Anna Pavlovna Shererv) companion of Maria Bolkonskaya
d) guest of the Rostov family 9) Find out the hero of the novel “War and Peace” by signs and write his first and last name.
The whiteness of the shoulders, the shine of hair and diamonds, an unchanging smile, a very open chest and back...

5) Why does Prince Andrey go to serve in the active army (volume 1)?
a) this is how he sees officer’s duty
b) because of the desire for fame
c) because of the desire to defend the Motherland
d) at the insistence of the father
10) Find out the heroine and write her first and last name.
“She was so ugly... It wasn’t the dress that was bad, but her face and whole figure... if you put a blue ribbon on her hair, combed up, and pull down the blue scarf from her brown dress, etc., then everything would be fine.... her frightened face and figure could not be changed, and... the face itself remained pitiful and ugly.”

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Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" was written in 1863-1869. To familiarize yourself with the main plot lines of the novel, we invite 10th grade students and anyone interested in Russian literature to read a summary of “War and Peace” chapter by chapter and part online.

“War and Peace” belongs to the literary movement of realism: the book describes in detail a number of key historical events, depicts characters typical of Russian society, and the main conflict is “hero and society.” The genre of the work is the novel epic: “War and Peace” includes both the features of a novel (the presence of several plot lines, a description of the development of characters and crisis moments in their fate) and an epic (global historical events, the all-encompassing nature of the depiction of reality). In the novel, Tolstoy touches on many “eternal” themes: love, friendship, fathers and children, the search for the meaning of life, the confrontation between war and peace both in the global sense and in the souls of the heroes.

Main characters

Andrey Bolkonsky- the prince, the son of Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky, was married to the little princess Lisa. Is in constant search for the meaning of life. Participated in the Battle of Austerlitz. He died from a wound received during the Battle of Borodino.

Natasha Rostova- daughter of Count and Countess Rostov. At the beginning of the novel, the heroine is only 12 years old, Natasha grows up before the reader’s eyes. At the end of the work she marries Pierre Bezukhov.

Pierre Bezukhov- Count, son of Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov. He was married to Helen (first marriage) and Natasha Rostova (second marriage). He was interested in Freemasonry. He was present on the battlefield during the Battle of Borodino.

Nikolay Rostov- eldest son of Count and Countess Rostov. Participated in military campaigns against the French and the Patriotic War. After the death of his father, he takes care of the family. He married Marya Bolkonskaya.

Ilya Andreevich Rostov And Natalia Rostova- counts, parents of Natasha, Nikolai, Vera and Petya. Happy married couple living in harmony and love.

Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky- Prince, father of Andrei Bolkonsky. Prominent figure of the Catherine era.

Marya Bolkonskaya- Princess, sister of Andrei Bolkonsky, daughter of Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky. A devout girl who lives for her loved ones. She married Nikolai Rostov.

Sonya- niece of Count Rostov. Lives under the care of the Rostovs.

Fedor Dolokhov- at the beginning of the novel he is an officer of the Semenovsky regiment. One of the leaders of the partisan movement. During his peaceful life, he constantly participated in revelry.

Vasily Denisov- friend of Nikolai Rostov, captain, squadron commander.

Other characters

Anna Pavlovna Sherer- maid of honor and close associate of Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Anna Mikhailovna Drubetskaya- the impoverished heiress of “one of the best families in Russia”, a friend of Countess Rostova.

Boris Drubetskoy- son of Anna Mikhailovna Drubetskaya. He made a brilliant military career. He married Julie Karagina to improve his financial situation.

Julie Karagina- daughter of Marya Lvovna Karagina, friend of Marya Bolkonskaya. She married Boris Drubetsky.

Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov- Count, father of Pierre Bezukhov, an influential man. After his death, he left his son (Pierre) a huge fortune.

Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova- Godmother of Natasha Rostova, she was known and respected in St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Pyotr Rostov (Petya)- youngest son of Count and Countess Rostov. He was killed during the Patriotic War.

Vera Rostova- eldest daughter of Count and Countess Rostov. Wife of Adolf Berg.

Adolf (Alphonse) Karlovich Berg- a German who made a career from lieutenant to colonel. First the groom, then the husband of Vera Rostova.

Lisa Bolkonskaya- a little princess, the young wife of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky. She died during childbirth, giving birth to Andrey's son.

Vasily Sergeevich Kuragin- Prince, friend of Scherer, famous and influential socialite in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Occupies an important post at court.

Elena Kuragina (Ellen)- daughter of Vasily Kuragin, first wife of Pierre Bezukhov. A charming woman who liked to shine in the light. She died after an unsuccessful abortion.

Anatol Kuragin- “restless fool”, the eldest son of Vasily Kuragin. A charming and handsome man, a dandy, a lover of women. Participated in the Battle of Borodino.

Ippolit Kuragin- “the deceased fool”, the youngest son of Vasily Kuragin. The complete opposite of his brother and sister, very stupid, everyone perceives him as a buffoon.

Amelie Bourrien- Frenchwoman, companion of Marya Bolkonskaya.

Shinshin- cousin of Countess Rostova.

Ekaterina Semenovna Mamontova- the eldest of the three Mamontov sisters, niece of Count Kirill Bezukhov.

Bagration- Russian military leader, hero of the war against Napoleon 1805-1807 and the Patriotic War of 1812.

Napoleon Bonaparte- Emperor of France.

Alexander I- Emperor of the Russian Empire.

Kutuzov- Field Marshal General, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army.

Tushin- artillery captain who distinguished himself in the Battle of Shengraben.

Platon Karataev- a soldier of the Absheron regiment, embodying everything truly Russian, whom Pierre met in captivity.

Volume 1

The first volume of War and Peace consists of three parts, divided into “peaceful” and “military” narrative blocks and covers the events of 1805. The “peaceful” first part of the first volume of the work and the initial chapters of the third part describe social life in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Bald Mountains.

In the second part and the last chapters of the third part of the first volume, the author depicts pictures of the war of the Russian-Austrian army with Napoleon. The central episodes of the “military” blocks of the narrative are the Battle of Shengraben and the Battle of Austerlitz.

From the first, “peaceful” chapters of the novel “War and Peace,” Tolstoy introduces the reader to the main characters of the work - Andrei Bolkonsky, Natasha Rostova, Pierre Bezukhov, Nikolai Rostov, Sonya and others. Through depicting the life of various social groups and families, the author conveys the diversity of Russian life in the pre-war period. The “military” chapters display all the unadorned realism of military operations, further revealing to the reader the characters of the main characters. The defeat at Austerlitz, which concludes the first volume, appears in the novel not only as the loss of the Russian troops, but also as a symbol of the collapse of hopes, a revolution in the lives of most of the main characters.

Volume 2

The second volume of “War and Peace” is the only “peaceful” one in the entire epic and covers the events of 1806-1811 on the eve of the Patriotic War. In it, “peaceful” episodes of the social life of the heroes are intertwined with the world of military history - the adoption of the Tilsit Truce between France and Russia, the preparation of Speransky’s reforms.

During the period described in the second volume, important events take place in the lives of the heroes, which largely change their worldview and views on the world: Andrei Bolkonsky’s return home, his disappointment in life after the death of his wife and subsequent transformation thanks to his love for Natasha Rostova; Pierre's passion for Freemasonry and his attempts to improve the lives of peasants on his estates; Natasha Rostova's first ball; loss of Nikolai Rostov; hunting and Christmastide in Otradnoye (the Rostov estate); the failed kidnapping of Natasha by Anatoly Karagin and Natasha's refusal to marry Andrei. The second volume ends with the symbolic appearance of a comet hanging over Moscow, foreshadowing terrible events in the life of the heroes and all of Russia - the War of 1812.

Volume 3

The third volume of War and Peace is dedicated to the military events of 1812 and their influence on the “peaceful” life of the Russian people of all classes. The first part of the volume describes the invasion of French troops into Russian territory and preparations for the Battle of Borodino. The second part depicts the Battle of Borodino itself, which is the culmination of not only the third volume, but the entire novel. Many central characters of the work intersect on the battlefield (Bolkonsky, Bezukhov, Denisov, Dolokhov, Kuragin, etc.), which emphasizes the inextricable connection of the entire people with a common goal - the fight against the enemy. The third part is devoted to the surrender of Moscow to the French, a description of the fire in the capital, which, according to Tolstoy, happened because of those who left the city, leaving it to their enemies. The most touching scene of the volume is described here - the meeting between Natasha and the mortally wounded Bolkonsky, who still loves the girl. The volume ends with Pierre's unsuccessful attempt to kill Napoleon and his arrest by the French.

Volume 4

The fourth volume of War and Peace covers the events of the Patriotic War of the second half of 1812, as well as the peaceful life of the main characters in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Voronezh. The second and third “military” parts describe the flight of Napoleon’s army from sacked Moscow, the Battle of Tarutino and the partisan war of the Russian army against the French. The “military” chapters are framed by the “peaceful” first and fourth parts, in which the author pays special attention to the sentiments of the aristocracy regarding military events and its distance from the interests of the people.

In the fourth volume, key events occur in the lives of the heroes: Nikolai and Marya understand that they love each other, Andrei Bolkonsky and Helen Bezukhova die, Petya Rostov dies, and Pierre and Natasha begin to think about possible happiness together. However, the central figure of the fourth volume is a simple soldier, a native of the people - Platon Karataev, who appears in the novel as the bearer of everything truly Russian. His words and actions express the same simple wisdom of peasant, folk philosophy, over the comprehension of which the main characters of “War and Peace” suffer.

Epilogue

In the epilogue of the work “War and Peace,” Tolstoy sums up the entire epic novel, depicting the life of the heroes seven years after the Patriotic War - in 1819-1820. Significant changes took place in their destinies, both good and bad: the marriage of Pierre and Natasha and the birth of their children, the death of Count Rostov and the difficult financial situation of the Rostov family, the wedding of Nikolai and Marya and the birth of their children, the growing up of Nikolenka, the son of the deceased Andrei Bolkonsky, in which the character of the father is already clearly visible.

If the first part of the epilogue describes the personal life of the heroes, then the second presents the author’s reflections on historical events, the role of individual historical figures and entire nations in these events. Concluding his reasoning, the author comes to the conclusion that all history is predetermined by a certain irrational law of random mutual influences and relationships. An example of this is the scene depicted in the first part of the epilogue, when the Rostovs gather a large family: the Rostovs, the Bolkonskys, the Bezukhovs - all of them were brought together by the same incomprehensible law of historical relationships - the main active force directing all the events and destinies of the heroes in the novel.

Conclusion

In the novel War and Peace, Tolstoy managed to masterfully portray the people not as different social strata, but as a single whole, united by common values ​​and aspirations. All four volumes of the work, including the epilogue, are connected by the idea of ​​“folk thought”, which lives not only in every hero of the work, but also in every “peaceful” or “military” episode. It was this unifying thought that, according to Tolstoy, became the main reason for the victory of the Russians in the Patriotic War.

“War and Peace” is rightfully considered a masterpiece of Russian literature, an encyclopedia of Russian characters and human life in general. The work has remained interesting and relevant for modern readers, history buffs and connoisseurs of classical Russian literature for more than a century. War and Peace is a novel that everyone should read.

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Task 2

L. N. Tolstoy wrote an autobiographical trilogy:

1. “Childhood. Adolescence. Youth"

2. “Childhood. Youth. My universities."

Exercise 3

What time period does the novel War and Peace cover?

1. The time between the Great French Revolution and the fire of Moscow in the war of 1912.
2. The period of preparation and conduct of the Decembrist uprising.
3. The period of the war of 1805 - 1812.
4. 1812 – 1825.

Exercise 4

The action of L. N. Tolstoy’s novel takes place during the reign of:

1. Alexandra II.
2. Nicholas II.
3. Alexandra I
4. Catherine II

Task 5

1. At the ball

2. During his visit to the army after the defeat of Napoleon’s invasion.

3. During the review before the Battle of Austerlitz.

Task 6

The patriarchal Moscow nobility is represented in the images (find the odd one):

1. Countess Bezukhova.
2. Daria Dmitrievna Akhrosimova.
3. Rostov families.

Task 7

L.N. Tolstoy showed in his novel War and Peace two poles in the historical appearance of the peasantry of feudal Russia. Find a match:

1. Philosophy of fatalism, humility, obedience, calling for the legitimacy of one’s position.

2. a sense of duty to the Motherland, rebellion, awareness of one’s own importance.

 Lavrushka, Tikhon Shcherbaty

 valet of Prince Tikhon, Platon Karataev

Task 8

What more reflects the discontent of the serfs in the novel:

1. Monotonous increase.
2. Rise and fall, return to the previous level and stability of the situation.

Task 9

The theme of “two nations” was clearly heard in the novel, showing the reader the true and “false” patriots of Russia. Find a match:

1. A. Kuragin, B. Trubetskoy, A. P. Sherer, Countess Bezukhova.

2. Tushin and Timokhin, A. Bolkonsky, Tikhon Shcherbaty.

 true patriots

 “false” patriots

Task 10

The dramatic path of spiritual development of which hero of the novel was typical for the advanced youth of the era of the formation of the Decembrists:

1. Anatoly Kuragin.

2. Boris Drubetsky.

3. Nikolai Rostov.

4. Andrei Bolkonsky.

Task 11

The struggle between the spiritual and the sensual underlies internal development:

1. Pierre Bezukhov.
2. Anatoly Kuragin.
3. Boris Drubetsky.

Task 12

Which of the novel's heroes? Herzen called the typical presentation of the first quarter of the 19th century “rubbish of the Alexander generation”:

1. A. Bolkonsky.
2. B. Drubetsky.
3. D. Dolokhova.

Task 13

Which of the events of 1812 did not appear as an episode of the people's war:

1. Smolensk retreat.
2. Battle of Borodino.
3. Battle of Tarutino.
4. 4. Partisan movement.

Task 14

Epilogue is:

1. an additional element of composition, separated from the main narrative and following its completion.
2. An additional element of the composition that precedes the plot.
3. A relatively short text placed by the author before the beginning of a work and intended to briefly express the main content or ideological meaning of the work that follows.

Task 15

After the War of 1812, much changed, and representatives of the Russian intelligentsia in 1825 found themselves on opposite sides of the barricades. One of the heroes of the novel in the epilogue formulated the tasks of the society as follows: “we are only so that Pugachev does not come to infect both my and your children and so that Arakcheev does not send me to a military settlement.” Who owns these words:

1. D. Dolokhov.
2. Pierre Bezukhov.
3. Nikolai Rostov.
4. Denisov.

Task 16

Who owns the following portrait characteristics:

1. “... He was clumsy, fat, taller than usual, wide, with huge red hands. He, as they say, did not know how to enter the salon and even less knew how to leave it...”
2. “... was a short, very handsome young man with certain dry features... with a tired, bored look.”

• Prince Andrey

Exercise 17

Who owns such contradictory ones? At first glance, statements about Napoleon:

• Napoleon is great because he stood above the revolution, suppressed its abuses, retaining everything that was good - the equality of citizens, and freedom of speech and the press - and only because of this he acquired power.
• How, by what connection he was connected with that great event that was predicted in the Apocalypse, he did not know. But he did not doubt this connection for a minute... but he decided to put an end to the power of the beast... to end the misfortunes of Europe.”

1. A. Bolkonsky.
2. Denisov
3. N. Rostov
4. P. Bezukhov.

Task 18

What kind of war is Pierre Bezukhov’s statement about:

“If this were a war for freedom, I would understand, I would be the first to enlist, but... against the greatest man in the world... it’s not good.”

1. War of 1805
2. War of 1807
3. War of 1812
4. War of 1805-1807

Task 19

What is happiness? The heroes of the novel understand it in their own way. Determine who owns the following statements:

1. “Absence of suffering, satisfaction of needs and, as a result, freedom of choice of activities, that is, way of life.”
2. “... It occurred to him in Glova that it was he who was destined to lead the army out of this situation, that here he was, that Toulon, who would lead the unknown officers out of the ranks and open for him the first path to glory.”

• Pierre Bezukhov
• Andrey Bolkonsky

Task 20

Prince Andrei excitedly thinks about his personal glory: “But where is it? How will my Toulon express himself? In which episode do you think the hero tries to realize his dreams of fame:

1. He did not avoid danger, “walking over the bodies and under the terrible fire of the French,” he helped the forgotten captain Tushin and paid tribute to him as the hero of the day.
2. On the night before the general battle, he felt the approach of his Toulon, in his dreams he imagined fantastic successes, brilliant decisions that he makes and which bring salvation to the army, and glory to him...

Task 21

During which battle did the meeting between Prince Andrei and Napoleon take place, which was of great importance in the fate of the hero:

“He did not know that it was Napoleon - his hero, but at that moment Napoleon seemed to him such a small, insignificant person in comparison with what was now happening between his soul and this high, endless sky with clouds running across it.”

1. Battle of Austerlitz
2. Battle of Shengraben
3. battle of Borodino
4. Battle of Krasnenskoye

Task 22

Based on the portrait characteristics given, determine who they belong to:

1. “The whole figure was round, the head. . . his back, chest, shoulders, even his arms, which he carried, as always about to hug something, were round,” he “must have been over fifty years old.”
2. “The entire plump, short figure with wide, thick shoulders and an involuntarily protruding belly and chest had that representative, dignified appearance that forty-year-old people living in the hall have.”
   • Napoleon
   • Platon Karataev

Task 23

Which of the heroes of the novel “War and Peace” will not set foot on Senate Square, according to his beliefs:

“A secret society is hostile and harmful, which can only give rise to evil. . . Duty and oath are above all." “Tell me now Arakcheev to go at you with a squadron and cut down - I won’t think for a second and I’ll go.”

1. Pierre Bezukhov
2. N. Rostov
3. A. Bolkonsky
4. Denisov