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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Maryanka do when Dmitri returns to Russia?
(a) She does not look at him.
(b) She comes with him.
(c) She watches him from a prominent place where he can see her.
(d) She cries openly.

3. What is in Novomlinsk?
(a) The center of the Grebensk Cossack settlement.
(b) The Russian military outpost.
(c) Muslim Tartars.
(d) The Turkish trading post.

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

5. How does Tolstoy describe Marya and Sergey's feelings for each other?
(a) Respectful and moderately affectionate.
(b) Indifferent to each other.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Head over heels in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eugene Irtenev move to the Semenov estate?

2. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's wife demonstrated mental problems?

3. How does Ivan Ilych's relationship with his wife change when he begins to work at the Court of Justice?

4. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?

5. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?

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