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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death of Ivan Ilych.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych felt upon taking his position at the Court of Justice?
(a) Anxious and depressed.
(b) Content and happy.
(c) Proud and apprehensive.
(d) Miserable and filled with dread.

2. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Russian.
(b) A Chechen.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A Tartar.

3. What does Ivan Ilych do after his first child is born?
(a) Consume himself with work.
(b) Separate himself from the house.
(c) Devote himself to his wife.
(d) Begin to drink.

4. What surprises Marya after her marriage to Sergey?
(a) The absence of work and sacrifice.
(b) The new importance of self-sacrifice.
(c) The loss of privacy and self-possession.
(d) The continual work and sacrifice.

5. What effect does the Russian winter have on Marya?
(a) It incenses her.
(b) It has no affect on her.
(c) It rejuvenates her.
(d) It saps her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?

2. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

3. Who is Katya?

4. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?

5. How does Ivan Ilych begin his career?

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