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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. What does Eugene Irtenev become restless for when he moves to the Semenov estate?
(a) Petersburg.
(b) Horse racing.
(c) Women.
(d) Modernity.

2. Why does Dmitri return home quickly after hunting?
(a) Fear of Chechen reprisals.
(b) Fear of Lukashka.
(c) Fear of wild boars.
(d) Fear of a Tartar attack.

3. How old is Marya Alexandrovna?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 26.

4. Why does Eugene Irtenev move to the Semenov estate?
(a) To care for his mother.
(b) To implement new laws.
(c) To see to some repairs.
(d) To intervene in a conflict with the tenants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the Grebensk Cossacks intermarry?

2. How does Tolstoy describe Ivan Ilych's wife's temperament?

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

4. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?

5. Who does Marya live with at the beginning of "Family Happiness"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the beginning of Marya's relationship with Sergey.

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

4. What happens in the first ambush Lukashka sets up?

5. What does Marya think about her marriage at first?

6. Describe the circumstances of Lukashka's death.

7. What role do Liza Annenskaya's pregnancies play in "The Devil"?

8. What happens to end the truce between Ivan Ilych and Praskovya Federovna?

9. What does Dmitri discover about the Chechens?

10. How does Dmitri go about confessing his love to Maryanka?

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