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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Dmitri Olenin?
(a) A shop keeper.
(b) A military cadet.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A bureaucrat.

3. Who introduces Eugene Irtenev to Stepanida?
(a) Eugene Irtenev's commanding officer.
(b) Eugene Irtenev's minister.
(c) Old Daniel.
(d) Liza Annenskaya.

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

5. When did Dmitri believe a barrier was broken between himself and Maryanka?
(a) When she tells him of her engagement to Lukashka.
(b) When he moves in with her family.
(c) At Beletsky's party.
(d) When he sees her baking bread.

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

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

8. Who is Katya?
(a) A seamstress.
(b) A governess.
(c) A milliner.
(d) A shop girl.

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

10. Who did Lukashka actual kill?
(a) A Tartar.
(b) A Russian.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A Chechen.

11. How long was Ivan Ilych in his position before he was appointed to the position of public prosecutor in another town?
(a) Three years.
(b) One year.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Twelve years.

12. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's wife demonstrated mental problems?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Jealous rages.
(c) Depressions.
(d) Breakdowns.

13. What did Ivan Ilych do in his second job?
(a) Root out corruption.
(b) Implement new laws.
(c) Represent clients in the courts.
(d) Work the jail.

14. What do Marya's boredom and depression turn into?
(a) Self-destructive behavior.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Illness.
(d) Jealousy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maryanka's response when Dmitri asks her whether they can marry?

2. Why does Dmitri go to the Caucasus?

3. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

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

5. How does Tolstoy describe conjugal relations with Eugene Irtenev and his wife?

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