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

2. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) When he sees her baking bread.
(b) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(c) At Beletsky's party.
(d) When he moves in with her family.

3. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?
(a) That he cannot live without her.
(b) That he loves her.
(c) The she will not be able to live without him.
(d) That he hates her.

4. What does Sergey tease Marya about?
(a) Her housekeeping.
(b) Her dark sense of humor.
(c) Her ignorance of French literature.
(d) Her coquettish nature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Katya?

2. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

3. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?

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

5. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?

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