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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 is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Flirtation.
(c) Competition.
(d) Animosity.

2. How would you describe the nature Dmitri expects to find in the Caucasus?
(a) Domesticated.
(b) Fertile.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Sublime.

3. What is the relationship between Christian Cossacks and Muslim Tartars?
(a) Mutual trust.
(b) Wariness.
(c) Annihilating hatred.
(d) Commercial interdependence.

4. How does Tolstoy say Cossack men view their wives?
(a) As equals.
(b) As warriors.
(c) As goddesses.
(d) As beasts of burden.

5. What convinces Ivan Ilych that death is getting close?
(a) He falls on the way to the toilet.
(b) He ceases to sleep.
(c) His teeth fall out.
(d) He falls out of bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marya yearn for through the winter?

2. How much was Ivan Ilych given for moving expenses to get to his Court of Justice appointment?

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

4. What does Ivan Ilych do after his first child is born?

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

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