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Moscow Rules Trivia Quiz

This quiz will test your understanding of Daniel Silva's number one bestseller "Moscow Rules", the eighth book in the "Gabriel Allon" series. No spoilers... the only parts of the plot that are given away occur fairly early in the book.

A multiple-choice quiz by berrigan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
berrigan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
302,481

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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113

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Aside from being an Israeli spy, Gabriel Allon has another career that serves as his cover. What is this other career? Hint

Computer consultant

Architect

Art restorer

Marine biologist

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Question 2 of 10

2. Moscow Rules begins with the murder of Russian journalist Aleksandr Lubin. Where was Lubin murdered? Hint

Umbria, Italy

Havermore, Gloucestershire

Moscow, Russia

Courchevel, France

3. After a second Russian journalist is murdered while making an effort to contact Allon (and thus pass on some important information which is currently unknown), Allon goes into Russia to meet with the last person who might have the information that Allon requires. Who is this person? Hint

Boris Ostrovsky

Eli Lavon

Arkady Medvedev

Olga Sukhova

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Question 4 of 10

4. Gabriel Allon entered Russia under the alias of an employee with the Israeli Ministry of Culture. What is Allon's cover name? Hint

Ehud Landau

Natan Golani

Gideon Argov

Alessio Vianelli

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Question 5 of 10

5. How does Allon's first stay in Russia work out? Hint

He enjoys some vodka and caviar and goes home with a greater appreciation of the Russian people.

He meets Uzi Navot and they work together to foil the crime.

He finds the required information to stop a terrorist attack.

He kills two hitmen, is thrown into Lubyanka, beaten nearly to death and tossed out at the Ukrainian border.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the Memuneh, or "the one in charge," at King Saul Boulevard? Hint

Ari Shamron

Eli Lavon

Uzi Navot

Gabriel Allon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Russian department is "Sergey" employed by, that Silva describes as being thoroughly corrupt from top to bottom? Hint

KGB

FSB

FARC

Mi6

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which painter is Elena Kharkov's favorite? Hint

Picasso

Mary Cassatt

Vincent Van Gogh

Rembrant

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who were the two Russian journalists whose murders inspired much of the plot of "Moscow Rules"? Hint

Pavel Bure and Sergei Fedorov

Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev

Anna Politkovskaya and Ivan Safronov

Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following is a villain in "Moscow Rules"? Hint

Aleksander Lubin

Olga Sukhova

Ivan Kharkov

Grigori Bulganov

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Aside from being an Israeli spy, Gabriel Allon has another career that serves as his cover. What is this other career?

Answer: Art restorer

At the beginning of the story, Allon is restoring "Martyrdom of St. Erasmus" by Nicolas Poussin on behalf of the Vatican.

2. Moscow Rules begins with the murder of Russian journalist Aleksandr Lubin. Where was Lubin murdered?

Answer: Courchevel, France

Although the novel takes us to all of these places, it is in the French resort town of Courchevel that Lubin is murdered.

Answer: Olga Sukhova

Lavon is an associate of Allon, Medvedev is the head of security for Ivan Kharkov and Ostrovsky is already dead. Olga Sukhova is the reporter who knows that deadly weapons are being sold to affiliates of al Qaeda in the Middle East and the name of the only person who can help.

4. Gabriel Allon entered Russia under the alias of an employee with the Israeli Ministry of Culture. What is Allon's cover name?

Answer: Natan Golani

The other three names are cover names from previous operations.

5. How does Allon's first stay in Russia work out?

Answer: He kills two hitmen, is thrown into Lubyanka, beaten nearly to death and tossed out at the Ukrainian border.

Allon is then told that should he ever return to Russia, he will not be so lucky.

6. Who is the Memuneh, or "the one in charge," at King Saul Boulevard?

Answer: Ari Shamron

Ari Shamron is the mastermind at King Saul Boulevard.

7. Which Russian department is "Sergey" employed by, that Silva describes as being thoroughly corrupt from top to bottom?

Answer: FSB

The FSB is the successor to the old KGB. In the note from the author, Silva explains that the "multitude of its sins has been widely reported."

8. Which painter is Elena Kharkov's favorite?

Answer: Mary Cassatt

Elena owns six of Cassatt's paintings, and is in the market for a seventh.

9. Who were the two Russian journalists whose murders inspired much of the plot of "Moscow Rules"?

Answer: Anna Politkovskaya and Ivan Safronov

Politkovskaya and Safronov were both killed for critical stories written and researched regarding the Kremlin.

10. Which of the following is a villain in "Moscow Rules"?

Answer: Ivan Kharkov

Kharkov, as is established very early in the novel, is the villain in this book.

Source: Author berrigan

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