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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. Who is Ivan Ilych at the beginning of "The Death of Ivan Ilych"?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A bureaucrat.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A law school graduate.

2. What was Ivan Ilych's salary on the Court of Justice?
(a) 5,000 rubles a year.
(b) 1,500 rubles a year.
(c) 2,000 rubles a year.
(d) 3,500 rubles a year.

3. What is Dmitri's relation with Maryanka?
(a) Devotion.
(b) Animosity.
(c) Flirtation.
(d) Competition.

4. Who lives on the other side of the Terek River?
(a) Russians.
(b) Grebensk Cossacks.
(c) Muslim Tartars.
(d) Turks.

5. How does Tolstoy describe Dmitri's thoughts about love?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Naïve.
(c) Cynical.
(d) Romantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tolstoy say Ivan Ilych's mood changed during his illness?

2. What does Ivan Ilych ultimately realize about his wife?

3. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?

4. Who is Dmitri Olenin?

5. What are Ivan Ilych's symptoms of the illness that kills him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Marya's depression?

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

3. What does Dmitri Olenin think he will find in the Caucasus?

4. Describe the circumstances of Lukashka's death.

5. What causes Sergey and Marya's relationship to blossom?

6. What is Eugene Irtenev's relationship with Stepanida?

7. How does Ivan Ilych change when he begins to make money?

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

9. How does illness affect Ivan Ilych?

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

(see the answer keys)

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