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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?
(a) Volgograd.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Petersburg.
(d) Kursk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Grebensk Cossacks descended from?

2. Who is Eugene Irtenev?

3. How does Ivan Ilych feel about his life as he reviews it from his deathbed?

4. What topics does Sergey capture Marya's curiosity about?

5. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

Short Essay Questions

1. What intrudes to make Marya unhappy?

2. How does Tolstoy describe Eugene Irtenev's marriage with Liza Annenskaya?

3. What causes Marya and Sergey to get beyond their jealousies?

4. Describe Dmitri's departure from the Caucasus.

5. When do Ivan Ilych and Praskovya Federovna finally arrive at a truce?

6. Who is Eugene Irtenev and where does he live at the beginning of the story?

7. What does Dmitri discover about the Chechens?

8. What causes Marya's depression?

9. How does Praskovya Federovna's bad temper affect Ivan Ilych?

10. Which ending of "The Devil" seems to be preferable?

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