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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivan Ilych begin his career?
(a) As an intern.
(b) As a provincial magistrate.
(c) As a foot soldier.
(d) As a clerk.

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

3. What does Dmitri encounter in the Caucasus?
(a) Bloody warfare.
(b) Coarse locals.
(c) Dull routine at a military outpost.
(d) A complex culture.

4. What does Tolstoy say Dmitri hopes to find in the Caucasus?
(a) His daughter.
(b) The perfect woman.
(c) Escape from his wife.
(d) Riches.

5. How does Ivan Ilych handle his illness?
(a) He still works, but it exhausts him.
(b) He works less and less and reads and becomes philosophical.
(c) He sees doctor after doctor with no result.
(d) He applies for a pension and retires.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?

2. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?

3. What does Ivan Ilych develop a passion for?

4. Does Stepanida have Eugene Irtenev's child?

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

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