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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect do visits to Moscow and Petersburg have on Marya's depression?

2. What does Dmitri encounter in the Caucasus?

3. What political stance do the Muslim Tartars typically take?

4. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

5. Does Stepanida have Eugene Irtenev's child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What torments Eugene Irtenev, and how does he plan to end his suffering?

2. What kinds of problems does Ivan Ilych have with Praskovya Federovna, his wife?

3. Describe the circumstances of Lukashka's death.

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

5. What is the relationship between the Grebensk Cossacks and the Muslim Tartars?

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

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

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

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

10. How has Marya's attitude about marriage changed by the end of the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Tolstoy's treatment of the relationship between masters and servants in three stories in "Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy". How are the roles defined? How do characters vary from them?

Essay Topic 2

How do characters in three of Tolstoy's stories handle depression? What is it typically caused by, and what are the effective solutions to it?

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of the child function in "Family Happiness"? Who acts like a child? How do actual children affect the characters?

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