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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Marya Alexandrovna's depression?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her father's drunkenness.
(c) Her husband's death.
(d) Her brother's illness.

2. What causes Sergey to say that he and Marya must return to the country?
(a) Her illness.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) His affair with a girl in Moscow.
(d) His finances.

3. What does Ivan Ilych develop a passion for?
(a) Roulette.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Courtesans.
(d) Horse-racing.

4. What was Ivan Ilych promoted to after three years in his second position?
(a) Assistant public prosecutor.
(b) Judge.
(c) Surgeon.
(d) Provincial director.

5. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?
(a) Complete relief.
(b) Temporary relief.
(c) They make her genuinely ill.
(d) They exacerbate the depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

2. What causes Sergey to declare that everything is over between himself and Marya?

3. How does marriage make Eugene Irtenev's life easier?

4. Where do Eugene Irtenev and Stepanida meet?

5. What rekindled Eugene Irtenev's love for his wife?

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