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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Kreutzer Sonata.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?
(a) Chechens.
(b) Georgians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Russians.

2. How does Pozdnyshev describe his marriage as he sees it in post-coital reflection?
(a) As two terrified children trying to save each other.
(b) As two animals desperate to consume each other.
(c) As two egoists foreign to each other.
(d) As to cold souls begrudging each other their pleasure.

3. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?
(a) Her husband's death.
(b) Her father's drunkenness.
(c) Her brother's illness.
(d) Her mother's death.

4. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?
(a) Nausea.
(b) A strange taste in his mouth.
(c) Hearing loss.
(d) Pain in his joints and neck.

5. How does Pozdnyshev view his children?
(a) As a torment.
(b) As consolation for his unhappy marriage.
(c) As a great burden.
(d) As angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?

2. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?

3. What does Tolstoy say Marya and Sergey each believe about the other?

4. What does Sergey tease Marya about?

5. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?

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