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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marya say her marriage to Sergey affects her relationship with the world?
(a) It makes her rhapsodic.
(b) It makes her oblivious.
(c) It makes her curious.
(d) It makes her vulnerable.

2. Why was Liza Annenskaya confined to bed?
(a) She was having fits.
(b) She tripped crossing a ditch.
(c) She was having complications of her pregnancy.
(d) She was taken ill.

3. Who is Vanyusha?
(a) Dmitri's father.
(b) Dmitri's servant.
(c) Dmitri's commanding officer.
(d) Dmitri's brother.

4. How does marriage make Eugene Irtenev's life easier?
(a) His wife keeps his wayward traits in line.
(b) His wife works behind the scenes to help him.
(c) His wife is pretty and flirtatious, and his superiors like to have her around.
(d) His wife's family has powerful connections.

5. Why does Marya's depression return?
(a) Winter.
(b) Her mother dies.
(c) Sergey leave for a trip.
(d) Her brother comes to visit.

6. Who is Praskovya Federovna?
(a) Ivan Ilych's sister.
(b) Ivan Ilych's lover.
(c) Ivan Ilych's wife.
(d) Ivan Ilych's mother.

7. How does Marya see herself in relation to Sergey, once she begins to be depressed?
(a) As a nuisance.
(b) As a goddess.
(c) As an afterthought.
(d) As a mother.

8. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?
(a) She pleads with him to let her marry Lukashka.
(b) She refuses him.
(c) She agrees.
(d) She tells him he is foolish.

9. Why does Dmitri go to the Caucasus?
(a) To escape from his debts.
(b) For a business deal.
(c) To look for adventure.
(d) To serve the Tsar.

10. What rekindled Eugene Irtenev's love for his wife?
(a) He lost his health.
(b) A miscarriage.
(c) The birth of a daughter.
(d) He inherited his father's estate.

11. What is the significance of the Terek River?
(a) It is the heart of the Cossacks' territory.
(b) It is where the regional authorities are centered.
(c) It is the boundary where Dmitri enters the Caucasus.
(d) It is the last civilized outpost before the wilderness.

12. What does Dmitri dream about on his way to the Caucasus?
(a) A heroic future.
(b) A life of ease.
(c) Freedom from persecution.
(d) Escape from prison.

13. What aspect of Sergey's personality does Marya respond to?
(a) His outgoing personality.
(b) His brooding moods.
(c) His impassive good manners.
(d) His recklessness with money.

14. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?
(a) Katherine the Great.
(b) Alexander the Great.
(c) Tartars.
(d) Original Russian migrants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eugene Irtenev's mother want him to marry?

2. Who lives beyond the Muslim Tartars?

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

4. What does Ivan Ilych develop a passion for?

5. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?

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